RFC-24, implementation of item 3.2: parent references in PYTHON

[Umberto Nicoletti]

committed in r2442.

Best regards,
Umberto

On Dec 20, 2007 7:10 PM, Howard Butler <hobu.inc at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 16, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Umberto Nicoletti wrote:
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> > To the python mantainers:
> >
> > I have resumed my work on rfc-24 and I'm now tackling item 3.2.
> > The purpose of item 3.2 is to prevent early garbage collection
> > when a parent reference goes out of scope, the details are at:
> >
> > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-24/
> >
> > I have already committed the necessary changes for Java mapscript
> > and then
> > I have prepared a patch for python that you can find here:
> >
> > http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/attachment/ticket/2442
> >
> > The patch introduces:
> > - a test program (tests/cases/parentreference.py)
> > - modifications to the wrappers of classObj and layerObj so that the
> > test program passes
> >
> > Before making any changes I'll wait for your review/approval.
> >
> > Please note that the patch must applied from mapscript/python.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Umberto
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