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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:37:49 -0600
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On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Li Tianqing <jazeltq@163.com> wrote:
> gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)

The DEBUG_LEAK flag implies the DEBUG_SAVEALL flag, which causes all
unreachable objects to be appended to gc.garbage rather than freed.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/gc.html#gc.DEBUG_SAVEALL

Try not setting the flag, and I think you will find that gc.garbage no
longer accumulates.