Weakrefs to classes that derive from str
Steven Bethard
steven.bethard at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 11:20:22 EST 2005
Peter Hansen wrote:
> I believe it's here: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-weakref.html
> if you search for the string "Not all" and read the next two
> paragraphs.
>
> On the other hand, it says (there) only that "several builtin
> types such as list and dict ... can add support through
> subclassing", and does not say anything about int, str, etc...
Ahh, thanks for the help. I guess there are at least two solutions to
the OP's problem then:
(1) Document that str and subclasses of str can't be weakreffed (easy)
(2) Change str so that it (or at least its subclasses) can be weakreffed
(hard)
Probably either way a feature request should be filed.
STeVe
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