Paul Rubin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>I looked at pep-0343, it looks interesting. It is not what I really >>want (deterministic destruction) > > > I think it's better. > > >>As far as my comment about "mainstream" Python, I have always taken >>CPython as "Python". I guess this will have to change as Jython and >>IronPython bring interesting things to the table, even if they do take >>some things away in the process. > > > Hopefully PyPy will become "mainstream". How it handles GC, I'm not sure.
Right now PyPy gives (at compile-time) the choice between two GCs: naive reference counting and the conservative Boehm garbage collector (http://research.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/). Currently we are working on supporting other garbage collection strategies as well, like mark-and-sweep, a copying collector or some sort of sophisticated generational collector. Cheers, Carl Friedrich Bolz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
