Merge pull request #22 from embray/fix-by-type-cycle

Fix reference cycle that can result from objgraph.by_type
mgedmin · Jul 28, 2015 · 0311889 · 0311889
2 parents 16aaf1c + deb6cd7
commit 0311889
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/objgraph.py b/objgraph.py
@@ -280,9 +280,12 @@ def by_type(typename, objects=None):
     if objects is None:
         objects = gc.get_objects()
     if '.' in typename:
-        return [o for o in objects if _long_typename(o) == typename]
+        ret = [o for o in objects if _long_typename(o) == typename]
     else:
-        return [o for o in objects if _short_typename(o) == typename]
+        ret = [o for o in objects if _short_typename(o) == typename]
+
+    del objects
+    return ret
 
 
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