[issue2019] API to clear most free lists

[Christian Heimes]

New submission from Christian Heimes:

As discussed at
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.python-3000.devel/11694 the
patch adds several PyName_ClearFreelist() functions and extends
sys._compact_freelists() to clear all free lists.

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components: Interpreter Core
files: trunk_clearfreelists.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 62097
nosy: brett.cannon, tiran
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: API to clear most free lists
versions: Python 2.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file9359/trunk_clearfreelists.patch

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