[pypy-svn] r17157 - pypy/dist/pypy/interpreter

[tismer at codespeak.net]

Author: tismer
Date: Thu Sep  1 23:00:36 2005
New Revision: 17157

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/interpreter/pyframe.py
Log:
fixed a pseudo-leak that ate quite some memory
on every app-level exception when pypy was compiled.

The point is that we don't break the cycle for frame.last_exception
in the context of having reference counting, only.

Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/interpreter/pyframe.py
==============================================================================
--- pypy/dist/pypy/interpreter/pyframe.py	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/interpreter/pyframe.py	Thu Sep  1 23:00:36 2005
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@
             # leave that frame
             w_exitvalue = e.w_exitvalue
             executioncontext.return_trace(self, w_exitvalue)
+            # on exit, always release self.last_exception in case of no GC
+            self.last_exception = None
             return w_exitvalue
         
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