fix #927: Popen.__del__ may cause maximum recursion depth error.

giampaolo · Oct 24, 2016 · 4708236 · 4708236
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diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 *Bug tracker at https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil/issues*
 
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+4.4.1 - XXXX-XX-XX
+==================
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+Bug fixes
+---------
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+- 927_: ``Popen.__del__`` may cause maximum recursion depth error.
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 4.4.0 - 2016-10-23
 ==================
 

diff --git a/psutil/__init__.py b/psutil/__init__.py
@@ -1264,10 +1264,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def __dir__(self):
         return sorted(set(dir(Popen) + dir(subprocess.Popen)))
 
-    def __del__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.__subproc.__del__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.__subproc = None
-
     def __enter__(self):
         if hasattr(self.__subproc, '__enter__'):
             self.__subproc.__enter__()