On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:22:57 +0000 Kristján Valur Jónsson <krist...@ccpgames.com> wrote: > > > > We are all consenting adults. Everything is allowed - you just have to live > > with > > the consequences. > > Well, we specifically decided that objects with __del__ methods that are part > of a cycle cannot be run. > The same reasoning was applied to generators, if they are in a certain state. > What makes iobase so special that its 'close' method can be run even if it is > part of a cycle?
The reason is that making file objects uncollectable when they are part of a reference cycle would be a PITA and a serious regression for many applications, I think. > Why not allow it for all objects, then? I'm not the author of the original GC design. Perhaps it was deliberately conservative at the time? I think PyPy has a more tolerant solution for finalizers in reference cycles, perhaps they can explain it here. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
