[Python-Dev] Tackling circular dependencies in 2.0?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
> I think in Python 2.0 it would be nice to have some way to reclaim circular
> dependencies without the programmer explicitly having to do something like
> implement a destroy() method and requiring other programmers to (remember
> to) call it.  I forget what the current state of affairs is w.r.t. future
> memory management in Python.  Not knowing anything much about memory
> management, would it be possible to have a sort of mixed ref count/garbage
> collection system where you only use the gc stuff as a last resort?  My
> thought is that it would be useful to use gc to find and reclaim circular
> garbage.
> 
> can-you-tell-I-just-got-bitten-by-a-circular-reference?-ly y'rs

If you don't want to wait until 2.0 becomes GA, you could try weak
references:

	http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/mxProxy.html

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