[Numpy-discussion] numarray memmap and gc

[Simon Burton]

On Tue, 10 May 2005 08:13:34 -0400
Todd Miller <jmiller at stsci.edu> wrote:

> 
> I'm nervous about sticking in a circular reference (the Memmap already
> remembers it's slices) but I suppose the garbage collector was added for
> exactly this case.  I'm not entirely sure how hard it's going to be to
> add.

Yes, this is a good point. But also, memmaps have a close method so users can always explicitly
break this cycle if they want.

Either way, appropriate warnings should be added to the documentation.

bye,

Simon.

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