Microsoft making Python.NET

[Eugeni Doljenko]

"April Fools! But This One Is Real ..."
Don't you think you're faked?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg" <antiego at nospam.rocketmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 6:56 PM
Subject: Microsoft making Python.NET


> The following article from microsoft describes a workaroind for a bug
> in hte beta version of VISUAL PYTHON DOT NET
>
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaskdr/html/askgui04032001.asp
>
> When did microsoft put python into the visual studio beta? How did
> this not make big news in developmnt circles?
>
> A.E.
>
>
>
> Here is the body of the article:
>
> FIX: Memory Leak after pickling in Visual Python .NET Beta 1
>
> View products that this article applies to.
> This article was previously published under Q114345321
> IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the
> registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and
> make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem
> occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
> registry, click the following article number to view the article in
> the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
>
> 114345321/8 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
>
> SYMPTOMS
> When pickling an object containing a cyclic graph, the Visual Python
> .NET Beta 1 can create references that will not be garbage collected.
>
> CAUSE
> Visual Python .NET Beta 1 does not impose a recursion limit by
> default. In this mode, an objects references are evaluated lazily
> durring pickling. If the garbage collector runs durring this process,
> some objects can be incorrectly referenced.
> The failure is due to registry key data that was installed by Visual
> Python .NET Beta 1.
>
> RESOLUTION
> WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
> problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
> Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result
> from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your
> own risk.
>
> Open Regedit.exe and browse to
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\P++\RecursionLimit.
> To be safe, back up this registry key: From the File menu, click
> Export and save the key to an .reg file.
> Set the RecusionLimit key from 0 to 1000.
>
> STATUS
> Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products
> that are listed at the beginning of this article. This bug will be
> corrected in Visual Python .NET (2004).
>
> The information in this article applies to:
> Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 8.0, Beta 1
>
>
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