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@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 <li><a class="reference" href="#langbinding" id="id20" name="id20">Langbinding</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference" href="#refactoring-and-reorganization" id="id21" name="id21">Refactoring and Reorganization</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference" href="#numarray-support-enhancements" id="id22" name="id22">NumArray Support Enhancements</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference" href="#pyfinalize-safety" id="id23" name="id23"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">PyFinalize</span></tt> Safety</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ul>
@@ -174,12 +175,26 @@ languages, initially Lua.  See discussions at
 Consider integrating the enhancements described in
 <a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1757092">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1757092</a></blockquote>
 </div>
+<div class="section" id="pyfinalize-safety">
+<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id23" name="pyfinalize-safety"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">PyFinalize</span></tt> Safety</a></h2>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Currently Boost.Python has several global (or function-static)
+objects whose existence keeps reference counts from dropping to
+zero until the Boost.Python shared object is unloaded.  This can
+cause a crash because when the reference counts <em>do</em> go to zero,
+there's no interpreter.  In order to make it safe to call
+<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">PyFinalize()</span></tt> we must register an <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">atexit</span></tt> routine which
+destroys these objects and releases all Python reference counts
+so that Python can clean them up while there's still an
+interpreter.  <a class="reference" href="mailto:dirk-at-gerrits.homeip.net">Dirk Gerrits</a> has promised to do this job.</p>
+</blockquote>
+</div>
 </div>
 </div>
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diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
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@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ Injected Constructors
 
 
 
-
 Type Converters
 ===============
 
@@ -152,3 +151,19 @@ NumArray Support Enhancements
 
   Consider integrating the enhancements described in
   http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1757092
+
+``PyFinalize`` Safety
+---------------------
+
+  Currently Boost.Python has several global (or function-static)
+  objects whose existence keeps reference counts from dropping to
+  zero until the Boost.Python shared object is unloaded.  This can
+  cause a crash because when the reference counts *do* go to zero,
+  there's no interpreter.  In order to make it safe to call
+  ``PyFinalize()`` we must register an ``atexit`` routine which
+  destroys these objects and releases all Python reference counts
+  so that Python can clean them up while there's still an
+  interpreter.  `Dirk Gerrits`_ has promised to do this job.
+
+  .. _`Dirk Gerrits`: mailto:dirk-at-gerrits.homeip.net
+