Weak references and tracebacks - NEVER MIND

Martin v. Loewis martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Apr 14 05:22:52 EDT 2002


Fernando Pérez <fperez528 at yahoo.com> writes:

> > Is it ok to use weak references to hold tracebacks without generating
> > circular references? From the documentation:
> 
> Never mind, you simply can't make those weak refs. Sorry (tested with other 
> types. dumb me).

Even if it was possible, it would be less useful than you think: Most
likely, your weak reference would be the *only* reference to the
traceback object, which in turns would cause the traceback to die, and
your weak reference go stale immediately.

Regards,
Martin




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