Bazaar on IronPython

Martin (gzlist) gzlist at googlemail.com
Mon Jun 29 22:59:39 BST 2009


2009/6/29 Andrew Bennetts <andrew.bennetts at canonical.com>:
>
> And, judging from the patch, we sometimes open files (like config files)
> without explicitly closing them, relying on garbage collection to do it.

Just so we're all on the same page with the terminology, that's
relying on the refcounting to close the file, not the GC.
Your detailed explanation deeper in this thread is a good summary of
the issue that aligns with my understanding of the current state of
affairs.

Martin



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