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-rw-r--r--src/lxml/tests/test_errors.py6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/lxml/tests/test_errors.py b/src/lxml/tests/test_errors.py
index a6a56457..9dc648eb 100644
--- a/src/lxml/tests/test_errors.py
+++ b/src/lxml/tests/test_errors.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class ErrorTestCase(HelperTestCase):
def test_element_cyclic_gc_none(self):
# test if cyclic reference can crash etree
Element = self.etree.Element
+ getrefcount = sys.getrefcount
# must disable tracing as it could change the refcounts
trace_func = sys.gettrace()
@@ -37,15 +38,16 @@ class ErrorTestCase(HelperTestCase):
sys.settrace(None)
gc.collect()
- count = sys.getrefcount(None)
+ count = getrefcount(None)
l = [Element('name'), Element('name')]
l.append(l)
del l
gc.collect()
+ count = getrefcount(None) - count
- self.assertEqual(sys.getrefcount(None), count)
+ self.assertEqual(count, 0)
finally:
sys.settrace(trace_func)