[Stackless] Tasklet Slot Inheritance

[Kristján Valur Jónsson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stackless-bounces at stackless.com [mailto:stackless-
> bounces at stackless.com] On Behalf Of Richard Tew
> When a tasklet is killed, it has its references cleared through the
> tp_clear method.  This is part of the Python type implementation and
> clears various references in order to prevent or break reference
> cycles.  Including, as observed here, the slots.

tp_clear() is supposed to be called by the garbage collector when it so chooses.  It is not usually something that should be manually invoked.  I am curious as to why this was added.   There must have been a good reason, since this is highly unorthodox.  Maybe Christian can recall?

Kristjan

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