Message 331026 - Python tracker

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> that there is code in the stdlib that holdes reference between child and parent

Just to clarify: is not that is just code in the stdlib that keeps a reference between child and parent. The examples I have given are the exact same situation that we have here: the iterator object associated with another needs to keep its parent alive to work correctly.