It is no longer based on bytecodehacks, it uses Jeremy's compiler module. It did produce some (unintended) circrefs, but I think the version in CVS as well as the version that will ship with Python 2.2 has these taken out.
Toby Dickenson wrote: > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:13:54 -0500, Chris McDonough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >>Ah ok... yeah, there were reportedly several leaks in the compiler stuff >>that have been fixed in CVS. I imagine that's what this is. >> > > Is the compiler still based on bytecodehacks? If so, I dont think this > is a bug > > As I understand it, that package is designed to leave cyclic garbage > around under the assumption that python's garbage collector will break > the cycles. Early versions of bytecodehacks broke the cycles manually, > at a great performance cost. > > > Toby Dickenson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ) > -- Chris McDonough Zope Corporation http://www.zope.org http://www.zope.com "Killing hundreds of birds with thousands of stones" _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )