[Twisted-Python] MemoryError in twisted causes the program to exit, or not

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:40:54 -0700
Glyph <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
> 
> Le Sep 28, 2012 à 1:10 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> a écrit :
> 
> > (whether Python itself should try to GC-collect when MemoryError is
> > raised is an open question)
> 
> Shouldn't it be doing a GC collect _before_ MemoryError is raised? (Isn't this rather the whole point of having a garbage collector?)

Indeed, it also could.

Regards

Antoine.

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