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Reference leak in code object with reference loop #148722

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If the code object creates a reference loop, this causes a reference leak. For example (see :

def f():
    return 1234.5

code = f.__code__
a = []
code = code.replace(co_consts=code.co_consts + (a,))
a.append(code)

(See

def test_reference_loop_code(self):
def f():
return 1234.5
code = f.__code__
a = []
code = code.replace(co_consts=code.co_consts + (a,))
a.append(code)
added in #148698)

This is because in the GIL-enabled build the code object does not support GC and does not have tp_traverse.

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