Added note of unittest.py changes that fixed bug 451309

purcell · purcell · commit 6091cd61ce9d · 2001-09-06T16:05:17.000Z
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ Library
 - In restricted execution mode (using the rexec module), unmarshalling
   code objects is no longer allowed.  This plugs a security hole.
 
+- unittest.TestResult instances no longer store references to tracebacks
+  generated by test failures. This prevents unexpected dangling references
+  to objects that should be garbage collected between tests.
+
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