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On 2 Aug 2013, at 14:51, Matt McClure <matthewlmccl...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems unittest.TestSuite holds references to unittest.TestCase instances > after the test runs, until the test suite finishes. In a large suite, where > the TestCase instances consume memory during execution, that can lead to > exhausting all available memory and the OS killing the test process. Well individual tests not releasing resources could be seen as a bug in those tests. That aside, there's an open bug for this with some discussion and a proposed fix: http://bugs.python.org/issue11798 The agreed on approach just needs doing. Michael > > What do you think of a change like this? > > $ hg diff > diff -r 3bd55ec317a7 Lib/unittest/suite.py > --- a/Lib/unittest/suite.py Thu Aug 01 23:57:21 2013 +0200 > +++ b/Lib/unittest/suite.py Fri Aug 02 07:42:22 2013 -0400 > @@ -90,7 +90,12 @@ > if getattr(result, '_testRunEntered', False) is False: > result._testRunEntered = topLevel = True > > - for test in self: > + while True: > + try: > + test = self._tests.pop(0) > + except IndexError: > + break > + > if result.shouldStop: > break > > See also the conversation on django-developers[1] that led me here. > > [1]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/XUMetDSGVT0 > > -- > Matt McClure > http://matthewlmcclure.com > http://www.mapmyfitness.com/profile/matthewlmcclure > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/fuzzyman%40voidspace.org.uk
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