[Python-Dev] finalization again (original) (raw)

David Ascher DavidA@ActiveState.com
Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:20:45 -0800

Moshe, some arguments backing your feelings might give them more weight... As they stand, they're just insults, and if I were Barry I'd ignore them.

--david ascher

Moshe Zadka:

Barry, there are other problems with your scheme, but I won't even try to point those out: having to call a function whose purpose can only be described in terms of a concrete implementation of a garbage collection scheme is simply unacceptable. I can almost see you shouting "Come back here, I'll bite your legs off" . [...] Oh? This sounds like the most horrendus mechanism alive....