Leif> In that case, the question would be "why is the interpreter Leif> collecting garbage when it knows we're trying to exit anyway?".
Because useful side effects are sometimes performed as a result of this activity (flushing disk buffers, closing database connections, etc). Skip _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com