"phil" wrote: > If someone doesn't know the answer to this question or if noone > knows the answer to this question
there is no answer to your question. Python works as specified in the language specification, and the language specification makes no guarantees. changes in the CPython interpreter has affected finalization order before, and may do it again. nobody will break your code on purpose, but if it relies on implementation artefacts, it will break, sooner or later. you haven't answered my question, btw: why are you using __del__ to do something that the garbage collector should do for you? </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
