[Python-Dev] New winreg module really an improvement? (original) (raw)

Gordon McMillan gmcm@hypernet.com
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 08:00:10 -0400

Paul Prescod wrote:

Gordon McMillan wrote: > > ... > > As a practical matter, it looks to me like winreg (under any > but the most well-informed usage) may well leak handles. If so, > that would be a disaster. But I don't have time to check it > out.

I would be very surprised if that was the case. Perhaps you can outline your thinking so that I can check it out.

Well, I saw RegKey.close nowhere referenced. I saw the method it calls in _winreg not getting triggered elsewhere. I missed that _winreg closes them another way on dealloc.

BTW, not all your hive names exist on every Windows platform (or build of _winreg).