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-rw-r--r--numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
index f4ce67805..af904e96a 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/numpy/lib/tests/test_io.py
@@ -1905,12 +1905,17 @@ def test_load_refcount():
np.savez(f, [1, 2, 3])
f.seek(0)
- gc.collect()
- n_before = len(gc.get_objects())
- np.load(f)
- n_after = len(gc.get_objects())
-
- assert_equal(n_before, n_after)
+ assert_(gc.isenabled())
+ gc.disable()
+ try:
+ gc.collect()
+ np.load(f)
+ # gc.collect returns the number of unreachable objects in cycles that
+ # were found -- we are checking that no cycles were created by np.load
+ n_objects_in_cycles = gc.collect()
+ finally:
+ gc.enable()
+ assert_equal(n_objects_in_cycles, 0)
if __name__ == "__main__":
run_module_suite()