patch 8.1.1007: using closure may consume a lot of memory commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/209b8e3e3bf7a4a3d102134124120f6c7f57d560 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Mar 14 13:43:24 2019 +0100 patch 8.1.1007: using closure may consume a lot of memory Problem: Using closure may consume a lot of memory. Solution: unreference items that are no longer needed. Add a test. (Ozaki Kiichi, closes #3961)

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Program that writes a number to stdout repeatedly
#
# This requires Python 2.6 or later.

from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import time

if __name__ == "__main__":

    done = 0
    while done < 10:
        done = done + 1
        print(done)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)  # sleep 50 msec