[Python-Dev] Discussion on Lib/test/crashers/

[Brett Cannon]

On 7/10/06, Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger at ewtllc.com> wrote:
>
> Brett Cannon wrote:
>
> > As I am sure some have noticed, as part of my dissertation I have been
> > trying to fix the various crashers.
>
> Nice project.
>
> One quick thought:  Any crasher that relies on gc.get_referrers() should
> not be considered a bug.


Right.  That is on the list of crashers I am ignoring.

  The codebase should not be convoluted,
> complexified, obfucated, altered, touched, or slowed down just prevent
> perverse, sadistic safe-cracking using this tool.  The docs are clear on
> this subject:
>
> "Care must be taken when using objeccts returned by get_referrers()
> becasue some of them could still be under construction and hence in a
> temporarily invalid state.  Avoid using get_referrers() for any purpose
> other than debugging."


And I am trying to make sure all the fixes are not superfluous but fix
actual issues in the code and behaviour of Python.

-Brett
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