changeset:   102797:e5777c5d108c
parent:      102793:2e243f78720e
parent:      102794:7ddbc2263943
user:        Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>
date:        Sat Aug 20 07:38:21 2016 +0000
files:       Lib/test/libregrtest/refleak.py Lib/test/libregrtest/save_env.py Lib/test/regrtest.py Misc/NEWS
description:
Issue #27787: Merge regrtest fixup from 3.5


diff -r 2e243f78720e -r e5777c5d108c Lib/test/libregrtest/save_env.py
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/save_env.py	Sat Aug 20 00:00:52 2016 -0700
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/save_env.py	Sat Aug 20 07:38:21 2016 +0000
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
     def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
         saved_values = self.saved_values
         del self.saved_values
+        support.gc_collect()  # Some resources use weak references
         for name, get, restore in self.resource_info():
             current = get()
             original = saved_values.pop(name)
diff -r 2e243f78720e -r e5777c5d108c Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Sat Aug 20 00:00:52 2016 -0700
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Sat Aug 20 07:38:21 2016 +0000
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 - Issue #12713: Allowed abbreviation of subcommands by end-users for users of
   argparse.
 
+Tests
+-----
+
+- Issue #27787: Call gc.collect() before checking each test for "dangling
+  threads", since the dangling threads are weak references.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.6.0 alpha 4
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