From: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:09:10 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: gh-74166: break cycle by clearing the list instead of dropping its reference (GH... 
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gh-74166: break cycle by clearing the list instead of dropping its reference (GH-91685)
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diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 97362d92f646..28d9c89d601a 100755
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ def create_connection(address, timeout=_GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
             raise ExceptionGroup("create_connection failed", exceptions)
         finally:
             # Break explicitly a reference cycle
-            exceptions = None
+            exceptions.clear()
     else:
         raise error("getaddrinfo returns an empty list")