[Patches] memory leaks triggered by "test_extcall"

[Christian Tismer]

Charles G Waldman wrote:
> 
> Running "test_extcall" repeatedly results in memory leaks.
> 
> One of these can't be fixed (at least not easily!), it happens since
> this code:
> 
> def saboteur(**kw):
>     kw['x'] = locals()
> d = {}
> saboteur(a=1, **d)
> 
> creates a circular reference - d['x']['d']==d

Yes, but aren't we going to implant Neil's GC, soon?

ciao - chris

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