From 6091cd61ce9d8343d405bdb3f09e80e8ac9447c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Purcell Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 16:05:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added note of unittest.py changes that fixed bug 451309 --- Misc/NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 52b2a1effda..ceb1c066215 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ Library - In restricted execution mode (using the rexec module), unmarshalling code objects is no longer allowed. This plugs a security hole. +- unittest.TestResult instances no longer store references to tracebacks + generated by test failures. This prevents unexpected dangling references + to objects that should be garbage collected between tests. + Tools Build