commit 3a081f526d1556129facd38a1bb6a1b8af3abbe7
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Fri Jul 29 00:02:04 2011 -0700
committer Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Fri Jul 29 00:02:04 2011 -0700
tree 8371abaaf2caa7bcc9c208bbd8cd9cb0792e272a
parent ef4902af879cd571e3b57d745c355f255daa09af

Issue 12514: Use try/finally to assure that timeit restores GC when done.

Lib/timeit.py

diff --git a/Lib/timeit.py b/Lib/timeit.py
index 8e04645..461c891 100644
--- a/Lib/timeit.py
+++ b/Lib/timeit.py
@@ -191,9 +191,11 @@
             it = [None] * number
         gcold = gc.isenabled()
         gc.disable()
-        timing = self.inner(it, self.timer)
-        if gcold:
-            gc.enable()
+        try:
+            timing = self.inner(it, self.timer)
+        finally:
+            if gcold:
+                gc.enable()
         return timing
 
     def repeat(self, repeat=default_repeat, number=default_number):