Garbage Collection in Python - current status of issue?

[Vladimir Marangozov]

Ian Clarke wrote:
> 
> The FAQ (and related pages), however, while pointing out what the
> various arguments and counter-arguments are, do not indicate whether
> there is any ongoing work in this area - so is there any ongoing work in
> this area?

None that I know of, except Marc-Andre Lemburg's WeakProxys (see his
Python pages) which could be extended to get close to the subject.

> What is the current status of this issue?
> 

In short: occasional distributed brainstorming on what to do for
Python 2 :-)

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