"NS" == Neil Schemenauer <nas@arctrix.com> writes:
NS> In any case, regrtest should probably print a more clueful NS> message when objects are found in gc.garbage. That would go a NS> long way in clearing up the confusion. I'll see about a patch. I think there is some value to issueing reports when a test creates trash that can't be cleaned up by the GC, but it doesn't make sense to report this by default. If "make test" reports an error, it should mean that something has gone wrong with the user's build and the interpreter is broken. That's not the case here. The build was fine; it's just the test that is iffy. I think we should turn of the -l option by default *and* patch it so that the output is more useful. I would suggest printing a count of the objects, perhaps organized by type/class name. Something like this: Test created 6 uncollectable objects 4 foo.Bar instances 2 foo.Baz instances Jeremy