On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 9/21/2013 10:30 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > >> Exceptions in __del__ point to bugs (sometimes in the stdlib) that >> should be fixed, period. The only reason they do not result in >> exceptions that are properly bubbled up and catchable is because __del__ >> is called from a DECREF macro which has no return value. >> > > That is clear enough. What fooled me is the word 'ignored', in both the > doc and message. How about 'skipped' (for technical reasons)? That's a good point, although I'm not sure 'skipped' is better. Maybe use a more neutral verb like 'occurred'? -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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