[Python-Dev] GC Changes

[Greg Ewing]

Hrvoje Nikšić wrote:
> That sounds like a case for the Pixbuf object to have a "close" method
> (not necessarily called that) that releases the resources.  The point of
> GC is that you normally don't care if memory is released sooner or
> later;

I think the problem here is that the GC's lack of knowledge
about how much memory is being used means that you need to care
more than you should have to.

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Greg