On Fri, May 23, 2014, at 8:49, Chandra Srinivasan wrote: > Hi, > I ran the following code in the Python interpreter and am trying to > determine if the behavior I see is expected: > > import sys > print sys.getrefcount(globals()) > class Foo(object): > def __init__(self): > pass > print sys.getrefcount(globals()) > > The first print statement above prints '4' and the second one prints '5'. > However, if I remove the __init__ method from the class, the refcount > stays the same. > > If I change the above code like this, the ref count stays the same: > > import gc > import sys > print sys.getrefcount(globals()) > class Foo(object): > def __init__(self): > pass > del Foo > while gc.collect(): > pass > print sys.getrefcount(globals()) > > Can you let me know if this is a bug in the Python interpreter?
No, functions hold a reference to the globals of the module they are defined in. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
