[Python-Dev] Discussion on Lib/test/crashers/ (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger rhettinger at ewtllc.com
Mon Jul 10 22:11:10 CEST 2006

Brett Cannon wrote:

As I am sure some have noticed, as part of my dissertation I have been trying to fix the various crashers.

Nice project.

One quick thought: Any crasher that relies on gc.get_referrers() should not be considered a bug. The codebase should not be convoluted, complexified, obfucated, altered, touched, or slowed down just prevent perverse, sadistic safe-cracking using this tool. The docs are clear on this subject:

"Care must be taken when using objeccts returned by get_referrers() becasue some of them could still be under construction and hence in a temporarily invalid state. Avoid using get_referrers() for any purpose other than debugging."

Raymond

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