gh-74166: break cycle by clearing the list instead of dropping its reference (GH...

diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 97362d92f64656f45e8f7e24e36fbb52f7aaf8ad..28d9c89d601aa3b40a59e82b0badb90ac50e1a6c 100755 (executable)
--- 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")