On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 1:54:40 AM UTC-6, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: [...] > Every global function (or method of global class) creates a > reference cycle. > > def f(): pass > > f.__globals__['f'] is f
(Note: This is also a response to dieter) This is true, but it does not answer the challenge directly because function CRs are a consequence of Python _internals_ *NOT* consequences of a custom class written by a programmer which references itself _explicitly_. Remember, the challenge is _not_ simply a matter of circular references (there is literally tons of Python code out there which creates CRs for various reasons), no, the challenge is to create a custom class which references _itself_, and then explain (or demonstrate) how such a thing serves a practical purpose. @Steven. Whilst your "list that appends itself" was very clever, it only indirectly answered the challenge. So if you want the gold metal, i need to see a _direct_ solution for the challenge. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
