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Author r.david.murray
Recipients gregory.p.smith, r.david.murray, twouters
Date 2012-08-07.21:24:30
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If I remember correctly there were non-trivial improvements made to the way modules are finalized in 2.7 compared to earlier versions.  That could be what exposed the bug.  The pre-2.7 code might have been leaving another reference alive because of your more complex real world example, whereas the simplified example doesn't.
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