To GC or not to GC?

[Kenny Tilton]

Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> Kenny Tilton <ktilton at nyc.rr.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>1. Is that doc up to date? I see Mar 2002, not too shabby.
> 
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
>>2. Well, I should almost wait before asking further, but if you'll
>>forgive a little lookahead, that "supplements reference counting"
>>scares me. Is ref counting history or not? mind you, i understand
>>there is a lot of code out there taht must be supported, but for new
>>code...?
> 
> 
> What do you mean, "for new code"? The reference counting is still
> done, for all code. There is no reasonable way to disable it for some
> code but leave it active for other code.

Sorry, I looked at Python years ago and thought I saw /manual/ ref 
counting, but maybe that was just the stuff done by C code (which I 
understand is ineluctable).


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