Garbage collection versus reference counting

[Martin von Loewis]

Erno Kuusela <erno at iki.fi> writes:

> nope; unless i've misunderstood, a hybrid approach is on its way.
> read the python-dev archives for more information.

Somebody (Tim?) referred to that as "cleanup of cyclic objects",
rather than garbage collection. I like this characterization, as it
indicates that you get all (at least most) of the advantages of
garbage collection, with only few of the disadvantages.

Regards,
Martin