Bohdan Vlasyuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
The list is not the problem. The problem is the other reference, from
"".
Also note that the workaround (u.fp.recv = None) removes the second
reference.
This is fine (at least in CPython), because the socket is destroyed w
New submission from Bohdan Vlasyuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
In urllib2.AbstractHTTPHandler.do_open, the following like creates a
circular link:
r.recv = r.read
[r.read is a bound method, so it contains a reference to 'r'. Therefore,
r now refers to itself.]
If the G
