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C++ Interop Lifecycle Management

Updated May 4, 2026

Short answer

Coordinating garbage collection across language boundaries.

Deep explanation

Requires managing 'Reference Counting' in C++ (Py_INCREF/Py_DECREF) to ensure objects aren't freed while Python still has a pointer.

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