Apparent eval() leak for python 2.3.5

[Benjamin Niemann]

John Marshall wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am reposting this message from python-dev.
> 
> Could someone please test the code below
> to verify that there is indeed a problem
> with eval() under python 2.3.5. I have
> rebuilt python 2.3.5 under the latest debian
> and under RH 7.3 (in case the problem is
> in system libraries).
> 
> The following code causes the virtual memory
> allocation to constantly increase until there
> is no more memory left (the VIRT column of the
> 'top' utility display).

I have this leak, too in python2.3 under debian/sid:
Python 2.3.5 (#2, Nov 20 2005, 16:40:39)
[GCC 4.0.3 20051111 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-4)] on linux2

python2.4 seems to be unaffected.
Python 2.4.2 (#2, Nov 20 2005, 17:04:48)
[GCC 4.0.3 20051111 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-4)] on linux2

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