Re: Circular references not being cleaned up by Py_Finalize()

2008-03-26 Thread Hrvoje Niksic
blackpawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I know the garbage collector is tracking the object because it > properly calls the traverse function but for whatever reason it > never calls the clear function. Does anyone have experience with > circular references and had success with it or the example

Re: Circular references not being cleaned up by Py_Finalize()

2008-03-25 Thread blackpawn
> Does the Noddy example use GC (Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC)? Container objects > must use the cycle GC or circular referneces aren't broken. Have you > tried calling PyGC_Collect() multiple times? Yeah the Noddy example is from "2.1.3 Supporting cyclic garbage collection" part of the Python docs. They l

Re: Circular references not being cleaned up by Py_Finalize()

2008-03-25 Thread Paul McGuire
On Mar 25, 2:32 pm, blackpawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to get garbage collection of circular references to > work properly with no success then I noticed the documentation stating > that it just doesn't: > > From documentation on Py_Finalize() -> "Memory tied up in circular > r

Re: Circular references not being cleaned up by Py_Finalize()

2008-03-25 Thread Christian Heimes
blackpawn schrieb: > So what's the deal here? :) I want all objects to be freed when I > shut down and their destruction functions to be properly called. Is > there really no way to make this happen? Does the Noddy example use GC (Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC)? Container objects must use the cycle GC or

Re: Circular references not being cleaned up by Py_Finalize()

2008-03-25 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:32:17 -0700, blackpawn wrote: > So what's the deal here? :) I want all objects to be freed when I > shut down and their destruction functions to be properly called. Then you want something that's not guaranteed by the language. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch --