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Author pv
Recipients jcon, kermode, mark.dickinson, ncoghlan, petri.lehtinen, pitrou, pv, rupole, skrah, teoliphant
Date 2011-06-27.18:36:27
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Lenard Lindstrom writes:
> Using Python reference counting and the garbage collector to control 
> when PyBuffer_Release is called has problems.

That's not what's being suggested. The refcounting discussed here is an implementation detail internal to memoryview, and does not affect the possibility to implement `release()` and context management reliably.
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2011-06-27 18:36:27pvsetrecipients: + pv, teoliphant, mark.dickinson, ncoghlan, rupole, kermode, pitrou, skrah, jcon, petri.lehtinen
2011-06-27 18:36:27pvsetmessageid: <1309199787.8.0.808617443659.issue10181@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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