import asyncio
import sys

# for convenience so I dont have to set up everything else for a Task obj
# and can just focus on the ref leak
class Break:
    def __str__(self):
        raise Exception("break")

async def coro():
    pass

task = asyncio.Task.__new__(asyncio.Task)
co = coro()

obj = object()
print("refcount before bug", sys.getrefcount(obj))

for _ in range(10000):
    try:
        task.__init__(co, context=obj, name=Break())
    except: pass

print("refcount after bug", sys.getrefcount(obj))