[Python-3000] Delayed reference counting idea

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Sep 19, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:

> Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:
>
>> I don't see how that helps.  I can remove all references to the
>> object but I still have to wait until gc runs to free it.  Can you
>> explain your idea in more detail?
>
> Objects which should be closed deterministically have the closing
> action decoupled from the lifetime of the object. They are closed
> explicitly; the object in a "closed" state doesn't take up any
> sensitive resources.

It's not external resources I'm concerned about, it's the physical  
memory consumed in process by objects which are unreachable but not  
reclaimed.

- -Barry

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