Holger Joukl wrote: > Anyway: Is relying on __del__ getting called immediately when the refcount > drops to 0 a no-no?
yes, but more importantly, relying on the refcount dropping to 0 when something goes out of scope is a major no-no. > If so should that maybe be prominently stated in the docs? is it perhaps the color that made you miss the big bold boxes in the documentation? http://docs.python.org/ref/customization.html#l2h-177 </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list