[Python-Dev] No longer enable Py_TRACE_REFS by default in debug build

[Nathaniel Smith]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 8:32 AM Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> On other hand, since using the debug allocator doesn't cause problems
> with compatibility, it may be possible to use similar technique for the
> objects double list. Although this is not easy because of objects placed
> at static memory.

I guess one could track static objects separately, e.g. keep a simple
global PyList containing all statically allocated objects. (This is
easy since we know they're all immortal.) And then sys.getobjects()
could walk the heap objects and statically allocated objects
separately.

-n

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