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		guappa 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Go is still not good How does this relate to the claim of the parent comment that cyclic structures are never freed in python (which is false, btw)?

sgarland 5 months ago | [–]

When I replied, the only thing the comment said was “yeah no.” I was agreeing that __del__ is fraught with peril.

Reading: cyclic GC, yes, the section I linked explicitly discusses that problem, and how it’s solved.

baq 5 months ago | [–]

this is not what I claim, BTW.

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