Sept. 29, 2010
9:25 p.m.
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> wrote:
I don't think it should be in the gc module, but I would prefer it be enabled and controlled through a separate module, rather than something Python does automatically for your convenience.
The os module would seem to be the place to enable/disable tracking of OS level resource leaks (i.e. file descriptors and possible HANDLES on Windows). I'm not sure how practical this idea will prove to implement though. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia