On Jul 15, 1:51 pm, "Robert Rawlins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Am I right in thinking that Python destroys instances of classes when it > deems they are no longer needed? I shouldn't have to explicitly delete the > classes, right?
Python uses reference counting with a cycle detector, but the detector's behaviour is different if there are finalizers (__del__) - see http://www.python.org/doc/ext/refcounts.html Regards, Vinay Sajip -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list