[issue33418] Memory leaks in functions

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <vstinner at python.org> added the comment:

"f.__doc__ = f" or "f.__module__ = f" don't make any sense. It looks like a bug triggered on purpose. While it's bad, it's not a big deal.

The fix (commit 3c452404ae178b742967589a0bb4a5ec768d76e0) is causing way worse issues than the "artificial" memory leak (reference cycle). I wrote PR 15826 to revert the change in Python 3.8. bpo-38006 root issues are not well understood nor fixed yet.

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nosy: +vstinner

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