[Python-Dev] once enabled gc won't go away until explicitly disabled?
Barry A. Warsaw
bwarsaw@beopen.com
Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:38:55 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>> "SM" == Skip Montanaro <skip@mojam.com> writes:
SM> I had been running with --with-cycle-gc, then the mystery bug
SM> hit yesterday, so last night I was working on other stuff and
SM> wanted to disable it. I tried removing config.cache and then
SM> executing configure as
SM> ./configure --with-threads
SM> but gc was still there. Then I explicitly commented out the
SM> gc line in Modules/Setup.config. Still no luck. Finally, I
SM> configured as
SM> ./configure --with-threads --without-cycle-gc
SM> and then it went away.
SM> Is this the correct behavior?
Yes, although both gc and threads are enabled by default in the
current betas (so you don't need --with-threads). Whether they'll be
enabled for the final release is still TBD.
-Barry