@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix memory leak in :meth:`_gdbm.gdbm.clear` by properly freeing memory
+allocated by ``gdbm_firstkey()``.
@@ -673,8 +673,10 @@ _gdbm_gdbm_clear_impl(gdbmobject *self, PyTypeObject *cls)
         }
         if (gdbm_delete(self->di_dbm, key) < 0) {
             PyErr_SetString(state->gdbm_error, "cannot delete item from database");
+            free(key.dptr);
             return NULL;
         }
+        free(key.dptr);
     }
     Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
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`@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@`
	`1`	+Fix memory leak in :meth:`_gdbm.gdbm.clear` by properly freeing memory
	`2`	+allocated by ``gdbm_firstkey()``.
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`@@ -673,8 +673,10 @@ _gdbm_gdbm_clear_impl(gdbmobject self, PyTypeObject cls)`
`673`	`673`	`}`
`674`	`674`	`if (gdbm_delete(self->di_dbm, key) < 0) {`
`675`	`675`	`PyErr_SetString(state->gdbm_error, "cannot delete item from database");`
	`676`	`+ free(key.dptr);`
`676`	`677`	`return NULL;`
`677`	`678`	`}`
	`679`	`+ free(key.dptr);`
`678`	`680`	`}`
`679`	`681`	`Py_RETURN_NONE;`
`680`	`682`	`}`