From cb17094dcde6b450cece3fd54a1314cba5aff067 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:29:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] disable the garbage collector while collecting traces, so
 that __del__s don't get caught

---
 Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py b/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py
index f9bf9ab2219..1532226f77e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys_setprofile.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import gc
 import pprint
 import sys
 import unittest
@@ -354,9 +355,17 @@ protect_ident = ident(protect)
 def capture_events(callable, p=None):
     if p is None:
         p = HookWatcher()
-    sys.setprofile(p.callback)
-    protect(callable, p)
-    sys.setprofile(None)
+    # Disable the garbage collector. This prevents __del__s from showing up in
+    # traces.
+    old_gc = gc.isenabled()
+    gc.disable()
+    try:
+        sys.setprofile(p.callback)
+        protect(callable, p)
+        sys.setprofile(None)
+    finally:
+        if old_gc:
+            gc.enable()
     return p.get_events()[1:-1]