On 2017-03-20 20:23, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
Hello Oleg,
On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:28:29 +0100
Oleg Nesterov <o...@redhat.com> wrote:
I started to learn python a few days ago and I am trying to understand what
__del__() actually does. https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html
says:
object.__del__(self)
...
Note that it is possible (though not recommended!) for the __del__()
method to postpone destruction of the instance by creating a new
reference to it. It may then be called at a later time when this new
reference is deleted.
This sentence is not technically wrong, but it can easily be
misleading. It says "it *may* then be called at a later time" and
probably it should say "it may or may not be called at a later time,
depending on the Python implementation you are using".
[snip]
I don't think I'd say it's misleading, but only that it might be
misunderstood.
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