[Python-Dev] Fwd: Removal of GIL through refcounting removal. (original) (raw)

Eric Smith eric at trueblade.com
Mon Nov 3 01:45:15 CET 2008


skip at pobox.com wrote:

Eric> I consider it a bug to rely on reference counting to close files,

We can mostly have our cake and eat it too using the "with" statement. In most cases it should be sufficient I would think.

True, and I meant to mention that. But unfortunately, my work projects are stuck on 2.4 for the time being, so that doesn't help me much.

Eric.



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