[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-776721 ] locale.setlocale() leaks

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Bugs item #776721, was opened at 2003-07-24 15:09
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 7
Submitted By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: locale.setlocale() leaks

Initial Comment:
_locale.setlocale() leaks the 'saved' locale.  The
following code leaks memory without bound.

import locale
while 1:
  locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'us')

Attaching a patch

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2003-07-24 15:20

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Actually, I also noticed another potential error - the wrong
variable is checked for NULL, so a memory error could also
kill us.  Attaching a new patch

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