From de192325e1ee9abe67670d6fa68d9f7f6dd16178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Underwood <beardydoc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 17:17:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Release references to `cur_task` and `_exc_context` when
 creating a new event loop

This helps with memory management
---
 asyncio/core.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/asyncio/core.py b/asyncio/core.py
index 149b46f..53ef98a 100644
--- a/asyncio/core.py
+++ b/asyncio/core.py
@@ -394,11 +394,14 @@ def new_event_loop():
     the loop's state, it does not create a new one
     """
 
-    global _task_queue, _io_queue
+    global _task_queue, _io_queue, _exc_context, cur_task
     # TaskQueue of Task instances
     _task_queue = TaskQueue()
     # Task queue and poller for stream IO
     _io_queue = IOQueue()
+    cur_task = None
+    _exc_context['exception'] = None
+    _exc_context['future'] = None
     return Loop