> I do not argue that Python's default GC parameters must change -- only > that applications with lots of objects may want to consider a > reconfiguration.
That's exactly what I was trying to say: it's not that the parameters are useful for *all* applications (that's why they are tunable parameters), just that the defaults shouldn't change (as the OP was requesting). Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list