On Jul 18, 11:31 am, Jason Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
FWIW, I know a good number of top notch Python programmers who have programmed happily for years without ever using __del__. There are ways to get it to work for you, but it may be the smart thing to pretend that you've never heard of it. Raymond -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
