Misc questions about type objects and Python 3.0

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	David Brown [SMTP:david at no.westcontrol.spam.com]
> > 2. If it isn't (I'm guessing it will be), is it the plan to keep
> >    reference counting?  It seems to me that getting rid of reference
> >    counting might be the first step to getting rid of the GIL.
> 
> First, I would think that removing reference counting would wildly change
> the way Python works (correct me if I'm wrong here - I program with
> Python,
> but I haven't studied its implementation).  I don't see how you can get
> efficient garbage collection without some sort of reference counting.
 
Jython doesn't use reference counting and it's hardly *wildly* different
from CPython. Subtly different, yes, but you don't notice the difference
very often, unless you are prone to de-referencing open files, or that sort
of thing.

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning at trisystems.co.uk




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