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Memory leak if math.dist raises exception #98897
Description
Reproducer:
import math
try:
math.dist([1, 2], [3, 4, 5])
except ValueError:
passMemory leak:
@kumaraditya303 ➜ /workspaces/cpython (main ✗) $ ./python -X showrefcount main.py
[7 refs, 2 blocks]Python Version: main at 9bdec0a
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vstinner commentedon Oct 31, 2022
I'm glad that
./python -X showrefcountcan now be used to detect memory leaks at exit :-) https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/thread/E4C6TDNVDPDNNP73HTGHN5W42LGAE22F/vstinner commentedon Oct 31, 2022
Do you want to propose a fix?
GH-98897: fix memory leak if `math.dist` raises exception (GH-98898)
pythonGH-98897: fix memory leak if `math.dist` raises exception (pyth…
pythonGH-98897: fix memory leak if `math.dist` raises exception (pyth…
GH-98897: fix memory leak if `math.dist` raises exception (GH-98898)
GH-98897: fix memory leak if `math.dist` raises exception (GH-98898)