[issue4794] garbage collector blocks and takes worst-case linear time wrt number of objects

[Martin v. Löwis]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

> Python is a great
> language and I think it deserves an incremental implementation of
> garbage collection.

Python's cyclic garbage collector is incremental. If you can provide
a specific patch to replace it with something "better", please submit
it as a separate issue to the tracker. If you can hire somebody to
implement such a thing, go right ahead. Otherwise, I think there is
little that can be done. Python gets all of its contributions from
volunteers.

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