pyrefcount¶

MIT License

pyrefcount provides a simple API for reference counting, providing protected access to reference counted values, and for allowing acquire/release actions to be carried out when a reference count becomes active, or the last user drops off, respectively. pyrefcount is inspired by the Linux Kernel’s refcount_t API.

Usage¶

Usage of pyrefcount is straightforward:

>>> from refcount import Refcounter
>>> ref = Refcounter()
>>> ref.inc()
>>> ref.usecount
2
>>> ref.dec()
>>> if ref.dec_and_test():
...     print('refcount is now 0, do something here')

For more complex usage examples and a complete API reference, refer to the package documentation.

Features and Bugs¶

Please file feature requests and bug reports in the issue tracker.

License¶

pyrefcount is licensed under the MIT license.