Python 2.0
Tim Peters
tim_one at email.msn.com
Wed Jun 9 22:22:00 EDT 1999
[various people gripe about finalizers in Java
Graham asks for an explanation
Tim paraphrases the Java Spec's section 12.6
]
[Graham Matthews]
> There are two obvious answers to almost all the above problems in Python
>
> a) don't call finalisers for circularly referenced collected objects.
> Instead just collect their memory. This is not perfect but better
> than current Python which doesn't run finalisers on circularly
> referenced objects nor collect their memory.
Solve the problem by ignoring it? Guido would find that more attractive
than I would <wink>.
> b) better still use a two pass collector. If you don't know what that is
> just think about what you need to do (or not do) in pass 1 to ensure
> that all the objects needed for a __del__ method to execute in a known
> environment are there. <wink>
Java does this. Start the thread from its beginning again <0.5 wink>.
circularly y'rs - tim
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