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[Python-Dev] Proposal: Run GC less often

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> What happens if the program enters a phase where it's not
> producing any new cyclic garbage, but is breaking references
> among the old objects in such a way that cycles of them
> are being left behind? Under this rule, the oldest
> generation would never be scanned, so those cycles would
> never be collected.

Correct. However, this is the case already today.

> Wouldn't it be simpler just to base the collection frequency
> directly on the total number of objects in the heap?

Using what precise formula?

Regards,
Martin

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