From f2581c97f202c35886e649bacccef1a46ed5dd2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:03:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] _PySys_Init(): Fix another Insure discovered memory leak; the
 PyString created from the "big"/"little" constant needs to be decref'd.

---
 Python/sysmodule.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 3026b66d1fb..51a85e0a5dd 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
 		else
 			value = "little";
 		PyDict_SetItemString(sysdict, "byteorder",
-				     PyString_FromString(value));
+				     v = PyString_FromString(value));
+		Py_XDECREF(v);
 	}
 #ifdef MS_COREDLL
 	PyDict_SetItemString(sysdict, "dllhandle",