Georg Brandl <g.bra...@gmx.net> wrote: > Am 22.07.2010 13:29, schrieb Antoine Pitrou: >> Is it the reason why? With the new module creation API in 3.x, extension >> modules should be able to handle deletion of their own internal >> resources. > > Yes, but as Martin noted at the summit, nobody since went through all the > extension modules and changed them to use a struct instead of globals.
And that's a necessary but likely not sufficient condition for the GC based module shutdown scheme to work. It really would take a huge amount of effort to make the idea fly. That doesn't mean it is not worth doing. The current scheme is pretty ugly. Neil _______________________________________________ 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
