[Python-Dev] C API for gc.enable() and gc.disable()

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le samedi 21 juin 2008 à 10:33 +0200, "Martin v. Löwis" a écrit :
> > I don't think expecting people to tweak gc parameters when they witness
> > performance problems is reasonable.
> 
> What follows from that? To me, the natural conclusion is "people who
> witness performance problems just need to despair, or accept them, as
> they can't do anything about it",

To me, Amaury's answer implies that most people can't do anything about
it, indeed.

Well, they could hang themselves or switch to another language (which
some people might view as equivalent :-)), but perhaps optimistically
the various propositions that were sketched out in this thread (by Adam
Olsen and Greg Ewing) could bring an improvement. I don't know how
realistic they are, perhaps an expert would have an answer.

Regards

Antoine.