commit a8d458560e961bd45c5a8900f964cb9c7d95e475
author Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> Wed Mar 07 18:41:11 2012 -0600
committer Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> Wed Mar 07 18:41:11 2012 -0600
tree a2811a393996db01d99a714241a2056a7063e037
parent ec17afdfdac9aa30fc4ec8e6a5153474ab8d32f4

allow cycles throught the __dict__ slot to be cleared (closes #1469629)

Patch from Armin, test from me.

Misc/NEWS

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 89b6471..bbf224b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #1469629: Allow cycles through an object's __dict__ slot to be
+  collected. (For example if ``x.__dict__ is x``).
+
 - Issue #13521: dict.setdefault() now does only one lookup for the given key,
   making it "atomic" for many purposes.  Patch by Filip Gruszczyński.