New submission from Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr>: Thread reaping in test_support is imperfect because, even when a thread has a disappeared from _active and _limbo, the Thread object might still be hanging somewhere in memory (leaving its last instants). This problem manifests itself when trying to fix the transient refleaks in test_socketserver.
One solution I've found is to add a _count() method to the thread module, which returns the number of running threads from the point of view of the C extension. When _count() is decremented, we can be sure the Python method has finished running and the Thread object is not hanging around. ---------- components: Tests files: threading_setup.patch keywords: patch messages: 94582 nosy: nnorwitz, pitrou, r.david.murray priority: normal severity: normal stage: patch review status: open title: thread reaping is imperfect type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15215/threading_setup.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7222> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
