Tim Peters wrote:
I can't think of a Python feature with a higher aggregate
braincell_burned / benefit ratio than __del__ methods. If P3K retains
them-- or maybe even before --we should consider taking the Java
dodge on this one. That is, decree that henceforth a __del__ method
will get
On 8/8/05, Armin Rigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Attaching a __traceback__ will only make this bug show up more often,
as the 'except Exception, e' line in a __del__() method would be enough
to trigger it.
Hmm... We can blame this on __del__ as much as on __traceback__, of
course... But it is
[Armin Rigo]
There are various proposals to add an attribute on exception instances
to store the traceback (see PEP 344). A detail not discussed, which I
thought of historical interest only, is that today's exceptions try very
hard to avoid reference cycles, in particular the cycle
'frame
On 8/8/05, Tim Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't think of a Python feature with a higher aggregate
braincell_burned / benefit ratio than __del__ methods. If P3K retains
them-- or maybe even before --we should consider taking the Java
dodge on this one. That is, decree that henceforth a
At 09:12 PM 8/8/2005 -0400, Tim Peters wrote:
I can't think of a Python feature with a higher aggregate
braincell_burned / benefit ratio than __del__ methods. If P3K retains
them-- or maybe even before --we should consider taking the Java
dodge on this one. That is, decree that henceforth a
On 8/8/05, Tim Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't think of a Python feature with a higher aggregate
braincell_burned / benefit ratio than __del__ methods. If P3K retains
them-- or maybe even before --we should consider taking the Java
dodge on this one. That is, decree that henceforth
[Tim Peters]
If P3K retains them [__del__]-- or maybe even before --we should
consider taking the Java dodge on this one. That is, decree that
henceforth a __del__ method will get invoked by magic at most
once on any given object O, no matter how often O is resurrected.
[Phillip J. Eby]
How
[Brett Cannon]
Wasn't there talk of getting rid of __del__ a little while ago and
instead use weakrefs to functions to handle cleaning up?
There was from me, yes, with an eye toward P3K.
Is that still feasible?
It never was, really. The combination of finalizers, cycles and
resurrection is
