[Zope-Coders] Compiler package leaks fixed: Zope 2.6?

[Toby Dickenson]

On Thursday 29 Aug 2002 8:28 pm, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> I spent some time 3 weeks ago clearing up all the cyclic references in
> the compiler package and RestrictedPython.  Now I'm wondering whether
> these changes should go in Zope 2.6.  The changes reduce Zope's memory
> consumption and reduce the need to use Python's cyclic garbage
> collector.  The only thing I'm concerned about is that the change is no=
t
> on the Zope 2.6 plan, and I'm the only one who has tested the changes.
>
> The branch is shane-leaks-repair-branch.  Should I merge it to the trun=
k?

Are these new cyclic references, or have they been around for a while?

If 2.5.x has had the same problem with anyone really noticing, then I sug=
gest=20
holding the fix until 2.7.