Issue #8268: Old-style classes (not just instances) now support weak
references.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index d106fe7..1720875 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
class class_oldstyle():
def method():
pass
- check(class_oldstyle, size(h + '6P'))
+ check(class_oldstyle, size(h + '7P'))
# instance (old-style class)
check(class_oldstyle(), size(h + '3P'))
# instancemethod (old-style class)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
index 536a987..bc2982f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_weakref.py
@@ -685,6 +685,26 @@
# No exception should be raised here
gc.collect()
+ def test_classes(self):
+ # Check that both old-style classes and new-style classes
+ # are weakrefable.
+ class A(object):
+ pass
+ class B:
+ pass
+ l = []
+ weakref.ref(int)
+ a = weakref.ref(A, l.append)
+ A = None
+ gc.collect()
+ self.assertEqual(a(), None)
+ self.assertEqual(l, [a])
+ b = weakref.ref(B, l.append)
+ B = None
+ gc.collect()
+ self.assertEqual(b(), None)
+ self.assertEqual(l, [a, b])
+
class SubclassableWeakrefTestCase(TestBase):