[Zope-Coders] Compiler package leaks fixed: Zope 2.6?
Anthony Baxter
Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au>
Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:52:14 +1000
>>> Guido van Rossum wrote
> I think a cautious approach would be to hold off. There *really* is
> no reason for people to turn off Python's GC any more; it's on by
> default. Unless you know better, I assume the people who turned off
> GC didn't know what they were doing.
The usual reason for turning off GC was back around the time of 2.1.1
and 2.1.2 - GC disabling stopped python from crashing every 30 minutes,
instead it would crash every 5 or 6 hours. :)
There's really no reason to do so now...