[Python-Dev] [PEP466] SSLSockets, and sockets, _socketobjects oh my!

[Antoine Pitrou]

Le 22/07/2014 17:03, Alex Gaynor a écrit :
>
> The question is:
>
> a) Should we backport weak referencing _socket.sockets (changing the structure
>     of the module seems overly invasive, albeit completely backwards
>     compatible)?
> b) Does anyone know why weak references are used in the first place? The commit
>     message just alludes to fixing a leak with no reference to an issue.

Because :
- the SSLSocket has a strong reference to the ssl object (self._sslobj)
- self._sslobj having a strong reference to the SSLSocket would mean 
both would only get destroyed on a GC collection

I assume that's what "leak" means here :-)

As for 2.x, I don't see why you couldn't just continue using a strong 
reference.

Regards

Antoine.