[Python-Dev] Showstopper

Neil Schemenauer nas@python.ca
Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:30:59 -0700


Tim Peters wrote:
> allocating containers "in the middle" of something else is
> actually rare.

It looks like you and Guido are working on a solution to avoid
doing this.  Wouldn't it be better to change the GC so that it
was okay to do that?  Specifically, I'm thinking of making
collection only happen between opcodes.  Perhaps that is too
large of a change to make before the release.

  Neil