[issue42536] Iterating on a zip keeps objects alive longer than expected (test_itertools leaks sometimes references)

[Pablo Galindo Salgado]

Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablogsal at gmail.com> added the comment:

> The GC visit may happen when the refcount of the result tuple is > 1, but it may drop back to 1 before __next__ called again

Good point. Also, is it possible that a more complex cycle ends having more than one reference to that result, so indeed that is not enough.

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