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Sun Sep 21 06:06:45 EDT 2003 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-September/038184.html

Armin Rigo wrote:

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> Another question, what was the rationale for setting module globals to None
> instead of simply deleting them (and getting the expected AttributeErrors both
> at C and at Python level) ?

Or, given cyclic GC, why isn't it enough to clear sys.modules?
In theory, shouldn't that make all modules (and thier globals)
collectable unless there are threads hanging on to them?

Jim

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