New submission from Andrea Corbellini <corbellini.and...@gmail.com>:
Creating a class (either using the 'class' statement or using type()) creates a circular reference. I've attached a script that simply demonstrates this. The problem is caused by the fact that MyClass.__dict__['__dict__'].__objclass__ is MyClass. Although most of the times classes are never deleted when the interpreted exits, some programs (like the popular Django framework) create temporary classes. And this is a pain because you can't disable the garbage collector. ---------- components: Interpreter Core files: test.py messages: 111935 nosy: candrea priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Declaring a class creates circular references type: resource usage versions: Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18251/test.py _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9417> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
