> On 18 Jun 2020, at 19:30, Jonathan Fine <jfine2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Barry > > You wrote: > > We need to define terms here. What do you mean by permanent? > > Good question. I think I answered it in my original post: > > An object is transient if it can be garbage collected. An object is permanent > if it will never be garbage collected.
Aha. Ok that what I think of as rarely modified and only shared by forking. > > > You also wrote: > > Being able to create python share object files is another problem. > > At the level I'm working at, that's what might unkindly be called an > implementation detail. It is in fact a very important matter. But a > simple-minded implementation would be enough to produce a proof-of-concept. It's a huge design problem. There are no simple PoC's that come to my mind. > > I think I am showing how what you want, if I have not misunderstood, could be > implemented. > > Oh, that's very good. In my original post my focus was on explaining as > clearly as I could the basic concepts. For that reason (and others) I said > little about implementation. If you like, I'd be very happy to discuss > implementation with you and others, either here or on the Python C-API list. The reason that this is a problem in the first place is an implementation detail... Barry > > However, I'd like to put that off for a few days. And this would give others > on this list an opportunity to comment. > -- > Jonathan
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