[Python-Dev] Eric Raymond account on bug tracker locked

2007-09-15 Thread Paul Dubois
Eric Raymond (esr)'s account on bugs.python.org has been misused. Since this may mean that his password on sf.net is also compromised, I cannot trust that address to notify him. I have changed the password to prevent further mischief. If someone knows a bona-fide way to contact him let me know it a

Re: [Python-Dev] How to pickle class derived from c++ extension

2007-09-15 Thread Aahz
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007, Martin Drautzburg wrote: > > I understand that I can picke an extension class written > in C/C++ by providing a __reduce__() method along with > __getstate__()/__setstate__(). While I still havent gotten this to > work, my main question is: > > How could I possibly pickle an o

[Python-Dev] How to pickle class derived from c++ extension

2007-09-15 Thread Martin Drautzburg
I understand that I can picke an extension class written in C/C++ by providing a __reduce__() method along with __getstate__()/__setstate__(). While I still havent gotten this to work, my main question is: How could I possibly pickle an object of a python class which is derived from the C++ ex

Re: [Python-Dev] Removing the GIL (Me, not you!)

2007-09-15 Thread Justin Tulloss
I'm not sure I understand entirely what you're saying, but it sounds like you want multiple reference counts. A reference count per thread might not be a bad idea, but I can't think of how it would work without locks. If every object has an array of reference counts, then the GC would need to lock