[issue9366] Reference leak for local new style class

[Georg Brandl]

Georg Brandl <georg at python.org> added the comment:

This is caused by the fact that new-style classes create reference cycles.  Try calling the cyclic garbage collector using gc.collect() after the function call, and the leaked references will vanish again.

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nosy: +georg.brandl
resolution:  -> duplicate
status: open -> closed
superseder:  -> Declaring a class creates circular references

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