[Python-Dev] SVN rev. 85392 broke module handling in py3k

[Benjamin Peterson]

2010/10/22 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:41:09 -0500
> Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
>> 2010/10/22  <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com>:
>> > Instances of classes don't refer to the module their class is defined in.
>> >  It seems more likely that the reason the module is garbage collected is
>> > that there really is nothing which refers to it anymore.
>>
>> Indeed, this is really a Python bug, but there's no good way to deal
>> with it unless dictionaries can know they are module globals.
>
> How about making functions keep a reference to the module they're
> defined in? Is there any reason we shouldn't do that?

I thought of that, too. It wouldn't be trivial to implement, though,
and wouldn't solve the problem of clearing globals to avoid references
cycles.



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Regards,
Benjamin