[Python-Dev] extremely slow exit for program having huge (45G) dict (python 2.5.2)

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> I will try next week to see if I can come up with a smaller,
>> submittable example.  Thanks.
> 
> These long exit times are usually caused by the garbage collection
> of objects. This can be a very time consuming task.

I doubt that. The long exit times are usually caused by a bad
malloc implementation.

Regards,
Martin