[Python-Dev] C API for gc.enable() and gc.disable()

[Alexandre Vassalotti]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:55 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> I think exactly the other way 'round. The timing of thing should not
> matter at all, only the exact sequence of allocations and deallocations.

I would it be possible, if not a good idea, to only track object
deallocations as the GC traversal trigger? As far as I know, dangling
cyclic references cannot be formed when allocating objects. So, this
could potentially mitigate the quadratic behavior during allocation
bursts.

-- Alexandre