Alexander Belopolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: amaury> What if PyGC_Collect() is called just before?
That would work. With the following patch: =================================================================== --- Python/import.c (revision 67183) +++ Python/import.c (working copy) @@ -498,7 +498,10 @@ PyDict_SetItem(modules, key, Py_None); } } - + /* Collect garbage remaining after deleting the + modules. Mostly reference cycles created by new style + classes. */ + PyGC_Collect(); /* Next, delete sys and __builtin__ (in that order) */ value = PyDict_GetItemString(modules, "sys"); if (value != NULL && PyModule_Check(value)) { $ ./python.exe x.py creating X('new') creating X('old') deleting X('old') deleting X('new') ---------- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11983/gc-import.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1545463> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com