Jason Orendorff wrote:
> On Aug 28, 7:46 pm, "L. David Baron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Jason Orendorff wrote:
>>>   * Delete the cycle collector.
>> Are we dropping the multi-language aspects of the platform (introduced
>> in this milestone, at considerable effort in
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255942)?  Or is there a
>> good way for python to use MMgc as well?
> 
> You're right, we must decide whether to keep this.  If so, I see
> several options, none easy:
> 
>   - Create the opposite of cycle collector: code to walk CPython
>     (refcounted) object graphs so that MMgc can see through them.
>     CPython has a cycle collector API that would probably help:

The opposite would also work, make the CPython cycle collector walk 
through the MMgc graph, like we currently make our own cycle collector 
walk through the JS graph.

/ Jonas
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