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authorNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2010-08-23 23:34:04 -0400
committerNed Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>2010-08-23 23:34:04 -0400
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Add a comment about the wacky object attributes for modules.
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diff --git a/coverage/control.py b/coverage/control.py
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+++ b/coverage/control.py
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ class coverage(object):
# Only _harvest_data once per measurement cycle.
self._harvested = False
+ # When tearing down the coverage object, modules can become None.
+ # Saving the modules as object attributes avoids problems, but it is
+ # quite ad-hoc which modules need to be saved and which references
+ # need to use the object attributes.
self.socket = socket
self.os = os
self.random = random