[Python-checkins] cpython (3.5): Issue #27787: Clean up weak references before checking for dangling threads

Sat Aug 20 03:45:14 EDT 2016

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7ddbc2263943
changeset: 102794:7ddbc2263943
branch: 3.5
parent: 102791:97b996d81c62
user: Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com>
date: Sat Aug 20 06:50:14 2016 +0000
summary:
 Issue #27787: Clean up weak references before checking for dangling threads
files:
 Lib/test/regrtest.py | 1 +
 Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/regrtest.py b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
--- a/Lib/test/regrtest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/regrtest.py
@@ -1258,6 +1258,7 @@
 def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
 saved_values = self.saved_values
 del self.saved_values
+ support.gc_collect() # Some resources use weak references
 for name, get, restore in self.resource_info():
 current = get()
 original = saved_values.pop(name)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #27787: Call gc.collect() before checking each test for "dangling
+ threads", since the dangling threads are weak references.
+
 - Issue #27369: In test_pyexpat, avoid testing an error message detail that
 changed in Expat 2.2.0.
 
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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
