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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/collections.py | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 7 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py index 10c8903697..b0c67a1825 100644 --- a/Lib/collections.py +++ b/Lib/collections.py @@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ class OrderedDict(dict, MutableMapping): all(_imap(_eq, self.iteritems(), other.iteritems())) return dict.__eq__(self, other) - def __del__(self): - self.clear() # eliminate cyclical references - ################################################################################ ### namedtuple @@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- +- Issue #9825: removed __del__ from the definition of collections.OrderedDict. + This prevents user-created self-referencing ordered dictionaries from + becoming permanently uncollectable GC garbage. The downside is that + removing __del__ means that the internal doubly-linked list has to wait for + GC collection rather than freeing memory immediately when the refcnt drops + to zero. + - Issue #9816: random.Random.jumpahead(n) did not produce a sufficiently different internal state for small values of n. Fixed by salting the value. |