Tim Peters wrote:
[Ka-Ping Yee, opines about GC]
Ping, I think you're not getting any responses because this has been beaten to death on c.l.py over the last month (for the 53rd time, no less <wink>).
A hefty percentage of CPython users *like* the reliably timely destruction refcounting yields, and some clearly rely on it.
[CG issue dropped, I know the thread] I know how much of a pain in the .. proper refcounting can be. Sometimes, after long debugging, I wished it would go. But finally, I think it is a *really good thing* to have to do proper refcounting. The reason is that this causes a lot of discipline, which improves the whole program. I guess with GC always there, quite a number of errors stay undetected. I can say this, since I have been through a week of debugging now, and I can now publish full blown first class continuations for Python yes I'm happy - chris -- Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:tismer@appliedbiometrics.com> Applied Biometrics GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 101 : *Starship* http://starship.python.net 10553 Berlin : PGP key -> http://wwwkeys.pgp.net PGP Fingerprint E182 71C7 1A9D 66E9 9D15 D3CC D4D7 93E2 1FAE F6DF we're tired of banana software - shipped green, ripens at home