Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > The destructor doesn't get called into the last reference is gone.
And it's important to note that the destructor doesn't get called *immediately* that happens; rather, the destructor will be called *some time after* the last reference to the object is gone. In short: you can't force Python to invoke the destructor at any particular time, and hence your code shouldn't assume that it will happen at any particular time. -- \ “Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea | `\ of liberty.” —Thomas Jefferson | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
