[Python-Dev] A little GC confusion (original) (raw)

Jason Orendorff jason@jorendorff.com
Fri, 22 Feb 2002 03:31:55 -0600

Thomas Heller wrote:

David Abrahams wrote: > What I don't understand is how the builtin metatype > gets away with PyTPFLAGSHAVEGC when some of its instance > types are not even heap-allocated.

Hm, I don't understand you, Are you talking about PyTPFLAGSHEAPTYPE?

I think David is asking about line 1404 of Objects/typeobject.c, where it says that PyType_Type is Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC. How can it have GC when many instances are static objects, not allocated with PyObject_GC_VarNew()?

I don't know the answer.

Jason Orendorff http://www.jorendorff.com/