commit 55e5e27b748443e41617bbd27c413b6af709df62
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Thu Jul 28 23:56:38 2011 -0700
committer Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Thu Jul 28 23:56:38 2011 -0700
tree 6d8121abc7e3b9c1bb6833f2a6905477d0be31d9
parent 4af1c6a4fcd6557265e972a6c35d39a3b1604d6e

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 a095313..da9e819 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):