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[Python-Dev] Python 2.3a1's mandatory use of cyclic GC causes existing applications to fail

[Python-Dev] Python 2.3a1's mandatory use of cyclic GC causes existing applications to fail [Python-Dev] Python 2.3a1's mandatory use of cyclic GC causes existing applications to failGuido van Rossum guido@python.org
Wed, 05 Feb 2003 11:49:16 -0500
> > So desirable or not, re-adding --without-cycle-gc may be *hard*.
> 
> I don't think so. When I read the latest CVS version,
> I also stumbled on the new-born relationship between
> trashcan and GC, but forgot to complain about it.
> My original implementation abused the ob_type field
> of the objects, which looked insane for some
> developers.
> But insane or not, I really dislike that for sanity,
> GC is no longer an option. I know of many companies
> (all my Stackless customers, for instance), who
> would *never* switch to a Python version that needs
> the GC.

You can help by volunteering to maintain the code that is needed for
making GC optional.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)



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