[Python-Dev] test_minidom non-failure failure? (take 2)

[Guido van Rossum]

> This is a policy decision.  Is it okay for the test suite to
> create garbage that is not collectable by reference counting?

I don't see why that should be forbidden.  After all some of the code
we test has such leaks -- we haven't declared those absolute bugs.

> If yes, what about garbage that is not collectable by the (current)
> GC?

Can you give an example of how such garbage can be created?

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)