[Python-bugs-list] Assigning function objects to instance variable causes memory leak (PR#346)

[jparkey@rapidbs.com]

Full_Name: John Parkey
Version: 1.5.2
OS: NT (build 132)
Submission from: mail.rapidbs.com (195.92.50.66)


Assigning a function object to an instance variable leaks memory.  Run the
programme below with the Windows task manager up to see the effect.


class fred:
	def __init__(self):
		self.indirectFunc = self.theFunc

	def theFunc(self):
		return "blah"

def test():
	f = fred()
	del f


if __name__ == "__main__":
	for x in xrange(1000):
		test()