[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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