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Author	pitrou
Recipients	kristjan.jonsson, pitrou, tim.peters
Date	2010-07-04.15:34:26
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In-reply-to	<1278257081.73.0.16668625991.issue9141@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> GC only cares that during the final release of any objects in a > reference cycle, no non-trivial code may run (for various technical > reasons). So, objects deemed "sensitive" in this way, are left alone > (and put in gc.garbage instead). Which is really the problem, and why you should prefer tp_dealloc over tp_del. (unless you want gc.garbage to fill up too easily)

> GC only cares that during the final release of any objects in a
> reference cycle, no non-trivial code may run (for various technical
> reasons).  So, objects deemed "sensitive" in this way, are left alone
> (and put in gc.garbage instead).

Which is really the problem, and why you should prefer tp_dealloc over
tp_del.
(unless you want gc.garbage to fill up too easily)

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2010-07-04 15:34:27	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, tim.peters, kristjan.jonsson
2010-07-04 15:34:26	pitrou	link	issue9141 messages
2010-07-04 15:34:26	pitrou	create