Christopher J. Bottaro wrote: > 2 Questions... > 1) Why does this never happen in C++? Or does it, its just never happened > to me?
C++ uses an entirely different allocation model. if you think in C++ when you write Python, you will write bad Python. > 2) I can understand random destruction of instantiated objects, but I find > it weird that class definitions (sorry, bad terminology) are destroyed at > the same time. So __del__ can't safely instantiate any classes if its > being called as a result of interpreter shutdown? Boo... please read the essay. and fixing your terminology may help you understand how things work (hint: class creates a class object and binds it to a name, like any other assignment. class objects are no different from other objects) (btw, if you don't know exactly why you need to use __del__, chances are that you don't need to use it. __del__ is a finalizer, not a destructor.). </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
