Github user alanconway commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/qpid-proton/pull/93#discussion_r95596711
  
    --- Diff: proton-c/bindings/python/proton/utils.py ---
    @@ -132,10 +132,12 @@ def __init__(self, connection, receiver, fetcher, 
credit=1):
                 raise LinkException("Failed to open receiver %s, source does 
not match" % self.link.name)
             if credit: receiver.flow(credit)
             self.fetcher = fetcher
    +        self.container = connection.container
     
         def __del__(self):
             self.fetcher = None
    -        self.link.handler = None
    +        self.link.handler = None  # fails if reactor finalizes first
    --- End diff --
    
    +1 the comment should read something like "this would cause a core dump if 
the reactor finalized first, but that is impossible because *explain 
refcounting tricks here*" It is important to leave some explanation, this is 
exactly the sort of thing that someone in future will think "this doesn't seem 
necessary" and change it without realizing they are re-introducing a heisenbug.



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