To GC or not to GC?

[Martin v. Loewis]

Kenny Tilton <ktilton at nyc.rr.com> writes:

> Sorry, I looked at Python years ago and thought I saw /manual/ ref
> counting, but maybe that was just the stuff done by C code (which I
> understand is ineluctable).

Ah, yes. Refcounting in C code is still required from extension
writers; all alternatives to it would also require cooperation from
extension writers in some way.

There was never a need to do explicit refcounting in Python source
code.

Regards,
Martin