[Python-Dev] Weak Dictionary Iteration Behavior in Python 3

[Greg Ewing]

Georg Brandl wrote:

> In this case, what WeakKeyDictionary.keys() returns is not a view anyway,
> so using list(self.data.keys()) in the method seems like a good compromise.

I don't think that helps, because the implementation has
to iterate over that to dereference the weak refs, and if
that's done in Python code there's a chance for a weak
ref to disappear in the process.

-- 
Greg