[ZODB-Dev] Tracking down a freeze (deadlock?)

[Jim Fulton]

Tim Peters wrote:
...
> Why is that?  As far as I'm concerned, ZODB doesn't support persistent
> objects with __del__ methods -- it was never intended to.

I'm not aware of any specific decision not to support __del__. I agree
with Dieter that if we make such a decision, we should go out of our way
to advertize, and perhaps, enforce it.

Are reentrant locks really all that expensive?  If so, why?

Jim

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