[Python-Dev] Cyclic GC issues (original) (raw)

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed Oct 13 17:19:56 CEST 2004

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004, Jason Evans wrote:

Indeed. This brings up a question about documentation: as far as I know, I've read all of the available documentation regarding cyclic GC (the "Supporting cyclic garbage collection" section of "Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter"), but those docs came nowhere near giving me an adequate understanding of the design rationale behind the cyclic GC. Did I overlook some documentation? Of course, it may be that I am actually at a cognitive disadvantage to someone who has only experienced Python's memory management strategy...

As Tim said earlier, though less pungently, "Read the source, Luke."

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