In message <mailman.2119.1271898215.23598.python-l...@python.org>, Chris Rebert wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message <4bc9aad...@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, Lie Ryan wrote: >> >>> Since in python nothing is guaranteed about implicit file close ... >> >> It is guaranteed that objects with a reference count of zero will be >> disposed. > >> In my experiments, this happens immediately. > > Experiment with an implementation other than CPython and prepare to be > surprised. Any implementation that doesn’t do reference-counting is brain-damaged. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
