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0 pointsghostwriter6y ago0 comments

> Python's reference counting mechanism will cause everything to be copied anyway.

isn't it CPython specific though, and may not be observed when running on PyPy?

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dfox6y ago

It is. And in practice it is far from everything, only stuff that is actively directly referenced by the service code.

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0 pointsghostwriter6y ago0 comments

> Python's reference counting mechanism will cause everything to be copied anyway.

isn't it CPython specific though, and may not be observed when running on PyPy?

dfox6y ago

It is. And in practice it is far from everything, only stuff that is actively directly referenced by the service code.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse