Function clear_caches

Lib/test/libregrtest/utils.py:178–314

()

def clear_caches():
    # Clear the warnings registry, so they can be displayed again
    for mod in sys.modules.values():
        if hasattr(mod, '__warningregistry__'):
            del mod.__warningregistry__

    # Flush standard output, so that buffered data is sent to the OS and
    # associated Python objects are reclaimed.
    for stream in (sys.stdout, sys.stderr, sys.__stdout__, sys.__stderr__):
        if stream is not None:
            stream.flush()

    try:
        re = sys.modules['re']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    else:
        re.purge()

    try:
        _strptime = sys.modules['_strptime']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    else:
        _strptime._regex_cache.clear()

    try:
        urllib_parse = sys.modules['urllib.parse']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    else:
        urllib_parse.clear_cache()

    try:
        urllib_request = sys.modules['urllib.request']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    else:
        urllib_request.urlcleanup()

    try:
        linecache = sys.modules['linecache']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    else:
        linecache.clearcache()

    try:
        mimetypes = sys.modules['mimetypes']
    except KeyError:
        pass
    else:
        mimetypes._default_mime_types()

    try:
        filecmp = sys.modules['filecmp']
    except KeyError:
        pass