> What happens if the program enters a phase where it's not > producing any new cyclic garbage, but is breaking references > among the old objects in such a way that cycles of them > are being left behind? Under this rule, the oldest > generation would never be scanned, so those cycles would > never be collected.
Correct. However, this is the case already today. > Wouldn't it be simpler just to base the collection frequency > directly on the total number of objects in the heap? Using what precise formula? 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
