[Python-ideas] Multi-core reference count garbage collection

[Jonathan Fine]

Hi Steve

You wrote
> Sorry Jonathan, can you please explain:
>
> - what problem you are solving with this?
>
> - and what's wrong with the existing garbage collector?

The problem I'm trying to solve doing multi-core reference counting
garbage collection without a GIL. As far as I know, we're not yet able
to do efficient multi-core garbage collection using Python. If anyone
can tell me that's already been solved, I'd be delighted.

Stephan Houben's post tells us that buffered reference counting
appears in the major reference work
"The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management",
by Richard Jones, Antony Hosking, Eliot Moss

So it might be a good idea.

Please let me know if you'd like further information.
-- 
Jonathan