[Python-Dev] Proposal to eliminate PySet_Fini

[Kristján V. Jónsson]

> 
> That was a purely altruistic proposal.  I've already 
> discovered that sets are finalized and that some code that 
> works with dict emulating a set may not work with a set.  It 
> will not make much difference for me if my proposal will be 
> implemented in 2.6 or even in 3.0, but the sooner it will 
> happen the fewer people will stumble on the same problem that 
> I did. I also feel that dummy allocated on the heap and the 
> free set list are complicating the code with no gain.
> 

Can this not be resolved by carefully adjusting the order of finalization?  If code can be bootstrapped it can be strootbapped.
As a side note, is there a finalization order list for imported modules?
Kristján