Fix memory leak by reworking ExitHandler conditional call to Tcl_Release(interp) #7
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…ase(interp) This fix reworks the previous change[1] to avoid Tcl_AsyncDelete errors[2] while keeping the memory consumption low, by calling Tcl_Release(interp) only from the thread that owns "interp", instead of only when executed on the main thread. [1] 301c760 [2] such as "Fatal: Tcl_AsyncDelete: async handler deleted by the wrong thread"
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This fix reworks the previous change[1] to avoid Tcl_AsyncDelete errors[2] while keeping the memory consumption low, by calling Tcl_Release(interp) only from the thread that owns "interp", instead of only when executed on the main thread.
[1] 301c760
[2] such as "Fatal: Tcl_AsyncDelete: async handler deleted by the wrong thread"