Weber, Gregoire wrote: > Questions > --------- Notice that this article is not appropriate for python-dev. If you ask "is it the case that Python behaves such and such?", you have a python-list (comp.lang.python) question. For python-dev, the question should be formulated as "because it is such and such, would it be acceptable to change it so and so?"
> 1. Am I correct that in a system which instantiates a lot*) > of containerish objects without destructing them again the > GC may be triggered to evaluate all generations which may > be very costy (see above)? Correct. > 2. In a system where only generation 0 and 1 get evaluated > (because not so much object got instantiated without beeing > destructed) the costs are relatively low. Correct? Correct. If the objects are *really* short-lived, a generation 0 collection might never get initiated, even though millions of containers are created. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
