Interest in generational GC for Python

Scott David Daniels Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org
Sun Apr 19 14:32:50 EDT 2009


Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there any interest in generational garbage collection in Python these days ?
> 
> Anyone working on it ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
Not really all that useful for CPython (you cannot move live objects,
without breaking faith with C-coded extensions).  PyPy would be where
to look for that work (and perhaps FePy or unladen swallow).

--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org



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