Raymond Hettinger <rhettin...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:
Does anyone here know why GC calls the free_xxx functions? ISTM, they cannot be involved in cycles. Free lists are kept by container objects to speed-up allocation. Having GC call the free_xxx just slows down the GC process and all the subsequent set/list/tuple allocations until the free lists are built-up again. IMO, the free_xxx functions should only be called during atexit or by an explicit call from the user perhaps, sys.clear_freelists() or somesuch. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6695> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
