[PROTON-1028] BlockingConnection leaks due to cyclical reference

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: proton-0.10
• Fix Version/s: proton-0.11.0
• Component/s: python-binding
• Assignee: Gordon Sim
• Reporter: Gordon Sim
• Created: 21/Oct/15 14:46
• Updated: 18/Nov/15 17:24
• Resolved: 21/Oct/15 19:50

Description

E.g. (whether or not a server is listening):

while True:
  sleep(0.1)
  try:
    conn = BlockingConnection("amqp://localhost")
  except ConnectionException, e:
    print e

This keeps increasing memory until eventually it core dumps.