On 2016-10-19 12:38 PM, Random832 wrote:
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016, at 11:51, Yury Selivanov wrote:
I'm -1 on the idea. Here's why:
1. Python is a very dynamic language with GC and that is one of its
fundamental properties. This proposal might make GC of iterators more
deterministic, but that is only one case.
There is a huge difference between wanting deterministic GC and wanting
cleanup code to be called deterministically. We're not talking about
memory usage here.
I understand, but both topics are closely tied together. Cleanup code
can be implemented in some __del__ method of some non-iterator object.
This proposal doesn't address such cases, it focuses only on iterators.
My point is that it's not worth it to *significantly* change iteration
(protocols and statements) in Python to only *partially* address the issue.
Yury
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