Mark Dickinson added the comment: An addendum: I'd note that avoiding reference cycles altogether is hard in modern-day Python. For example, any dynamically-created class creates a reference cycle between the class and its MRO:
>>> import gc >>> gc.disable() >>> gc.collect() 0 >>> class A(object): ... pass ... >>> del A >>> gc.collect() 6 ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29671> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
