[Python-checkins] r45251 - python/trunk/Misc/NEWS

phillip.eby python-checkins at python.org
Tue Apr 11 03:21:31 CEST 2006


Author: phillip.eby
Date: Tue Apr 11 03:21:31 2006
New Revision: 45251

Modified:
   python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Add notes to NEWS for other work today.


Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	Tue Apr 11 03:21:31 2006
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
   sys.setdlopenflags() now works correctly on these systems. (SF patch 
   #1454844)
 
+- Patch #1463867: enhanced garbage collection to allow cleanup of cycles
+  involving generators that have paused outside of any ``try`` or ``with``
+  blocks.  (In 2.5a1, a paused generator that was part of a reference
+  cycle could not be garbage collected, regardless of whether it was
+  paused in a ``try`` or ``with`` block.)
 
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
@@ -52,6 +57,11 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- The test_contextlib test in 2.5a1 wasn't actually run unless you ran
+  it separately and by hand.  It also wasn't cleaning up its changes to
+  the current Decimal context.
+
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 


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