On Aug 29, 8:11 am, Benjamin Smedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mhammond wrote: > > Yes, this will be a challenge. I can't picture how dropping refcounts > > would work in the general case with Python. The XPCOM objects exposed > > by Python can be made a GCObject - but I'm not sure how we would > > integrate the rest of the Python universe - eg, assuming we have an > > arbitrary number of Python objects holding pointers to xpcom objects, > > I'm not sure how we would tell the GC about all such references - and > > Can't you just root them while python holds the external references?
Yes, but you'd leak any garbage cycles that include both Python and XPCOM objects--they would be rooted. That can be fixed, too, with enough effort. It's not simple. -j _______________________________________________ dev-tech-xpcom mailing list dev-tech-xpcom@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-xpcom
