[Python-Dev] Register-based VM for CPython

Sun Nov 18 16:11:34 CET 2012

On 2012年11月18日 09:37:57 -0500
Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org> wrote:
> 2012年11月18日 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
> > Also, I would point out that the reference counting behaviour is an
> > important feature of *C*Python (to the point that we have test cases
> > checking against reference cycles), so we can't break it nilly-willy.
>> The tests about reference cycles are just tests that garbage is
> collected, a Python language feature. Those aren't technically CPython
> specific.

We do have tests which check reference cycles are not created.
Regards
Antoine.