On Dec 6, 3:51 pm, Spes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have this simple code: > | #!/usr/bin/python > | import codecs > | import re > | from copy import deepcopy > | > | class MyClass(object): > | def __del__(self): > | deepcopy(1) > | > | x=MyClass() > > but I get an error: > | Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" > in <bound method MyClass.__del__ of <__main__.MyClass object at > 0x6fcf0>> ignored > > The problem disappears if I do anything of this: > 1. change > - from copy import deepcopy > + import copy > and call directly copy.deepcopy(1) > > or > 2. don't store object to variable `x' > > or > 3. don't import module `re' > > The first solution is OK, but I would like to know why it behaves so > strange. We have tested on: > > - Mac OS X Tiger for PPC > Python 2.3.5 (#1, Mar 20 2005, 20:38:20) > [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1809)] on darwin > > - Linux 64bit and 32bit > Python 2.4.4 (#1, Oct 30 2007, 14:31:50) > [GCC 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)] on linux2 > Python 2.5 (r25:51908, Jan 12 2007, 13:57:15) > [GCC 4.0.2 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8)] on linux2 > > Thanks for the explanation, > Vlasta
I can't explain why, but it also works if you call del x manually before the script exits. Regards, Jordan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
