Issue #7943: Fix circular reference created when instantiating an SSL
socket. Initial patch by Péter Szabó.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 458db26..5917b51 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
import pprint
import urllib, urlparse
import traceback
+import weakref
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
@@ -154,6 +155,16 @@
with self.assertRaisesRegexp(ssl.SSLError, "No cipher can be selected"):
s.connect(remote)
+ @test_support.cpython_only
+ def test_refcycle(self):
+ # Issue #7943: an SSL object doesn't create reference cycles with
+ # itself.
+ s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET)
+ ss = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
+ wr = weakref.ref(ss)
+ del ss
+ self.assertEqual(wr(), None)
+
class NetworkedTests(unittest.TestCase):