[Zope-dev] _v_ variables and cache garbage collection

[Chris Withers]

Dieter Maurer wrote:
  > What in the ZODB cache or other ZODB code could be causing _v_ variables to
>  > stick around after they've been set to None in their containing objects?
> 
> Nothing.
> 
> When you assign "None" to the "_v_variable", then this reference will go
> away. There may be others, which you did not set to "None"...

Well in that case, why would flushing the ZODB cache cause the errant 
connections to be closed?

Chris