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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.040
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+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.040
+Problem:    Valgrind error on exit when a script-local variable holds a
+	    reference to the scope of another script.
+Solution:   First clear all variables, then free the scopes. (ZyX)
+Files:	    src/eval.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.039/src/eval.c	2013-08-30 16:35:41.000000000 +0200
+--- src/eval.c	2013-09-25 20:28:15.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 915,926 ****
+      /* autoloaded script names */
+      ga_clear_strings(&ga_loaded);
+  
+!     /* script-local variables */
+      for (i = 1; i <= ga_scripts.ga_len; ++i)
+-     {
+  	vars_clear(&SCRIPT_VARS(i));
+  	vim_free(SCRIPT_SV(i));
+-     }
+      ga_clear(&ga_scripts);
+  
+      /* unreferenced lists and dicts */
+--- 915,927 ----
+      /* autoloaded script names */
+      ga_clear_strings(&ga_loaded);
+  
+!     /* Script-local variables. First clear all the variables and in a second
+!      * loop free the scriptvar_T, because a variable in one script might hold
+!      * a reference to the whole scope of another script. */
+      for (i = 1; i <= ga_scripts.ga_len; ++i)
+  	vars_clear(&SCRIPT_VARS(i));
++     for (i = 1; i <= ga_scripts.ga_len; ++i)
+  	vim_free(SCRIPT_SV(i));
+      ga_clear(&ga_scripts);
+  
+      /* unreferenced lists and dicts */
+*** ../vim-7.4.039/src/version.c	2013-09-25 19:13:32.000000000 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2013-09-25 20:30:06.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 740,741 ****
+--- 740,743 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     40,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+    A KNIGHT rides into shot and hacks him to the ground.  He rides off.
+    We stay for a moment on the glade.  A MIDDLE-AGED LADY in a C. & A.
+    twin-set emerges from the trees and looks in horror at the body of her
+    HUSBAND.
+MRS HISTORIAN: FRANK!
+                 "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
+///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
+\\\  an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org        ///
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