On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 18:27:41 +1200 Greg Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21/04/20 10:23 am, Eric Snow wrote: > > with the current spec channels get automatically closed > > sooner, effectively as soon as all wrapping objects *that were used* > > are garbage collected (or released). > > Maybe I'm missing something, but just because an object > hasn't been used *yet* doesn't mean it isn't going to > be used in the future, so isn't this wildly wrong?
That's my concern indeed. An interpreter may be willing to wait for incoming data in the future, without needing it immediately. (that incoming data may even represent something very trivial, such as a request to terminate itself) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SJ6ORBTNZ7R62QTOZF6UITLYPWZOVRQ7/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
