On Jul 18, 2:10 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:31:20 -0700, Jason Baker wrote: > > I have a class that I need to do some finalization on when it dies. I > > know I can use the __del__ method, but I seem to recall that it > > impedes garbage collection. Is this the case? > > `__del__()` is not a deterministic destructor. So forget about reliable > automatic clean up. Do it yourself with an explicit call to a `close()` > method or something like that. > > Ciao, > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
I don't necessarily need deterministic cleanup. And I plan on doing something like a close() method as well. But I'd just like to make sure nothing slips between the cracks. :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
