[Python-checkins] gh-74166: break cycle by clearing the list instead of dropping its reference (GH-91685)

[iritkatriel]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5b37b49ebc7a81e0a3f9b60ef82e804ab9e1badf
commit: 5b37b49ebc7a81e0a3f9b60ef82e804ab9e1badf
branch: main
author: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: iritkatriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-04-19T10:09:10+01:00
summary:

gh-74166: break cycle by clearing the list instead of dropping its reference (GH-91685)

files:
M Lib/socket.py

diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 97362d92f6465..28d9c89d601aa 100755
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ def create_connection(address, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
             raise ExceptionGroup("create_connection failed", exceptions)
         finally:
             # Break explicitly a reference cycle
-            exceptions = None
+            exceptions.clear()
     else:
         raise error("getaddrinfo returns an empty list")