On 05/01/10 05:39, Lie Ryan wrote: > On 05/01/10 05:16, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to be very clever: > <snip> >> >> Apparently Python calls the class attribute __del__ rather than the >> instance's __del__ attribute. Is that a bug or a feature? Is there any >> way to implement the desired functionality without introducing an >> additional destroy_has_been_called attribute? >> >> >> (I know that invocation of __del__ is unreliable, this is just an >> additional safeguard to increase the likelihood of bugs to get noticed). > > All Exception in __del__ is ignored for various reasons. It's safer if > you call destroy from inside __del__() so you cannot forget to remember > to call it manually. > > def __del__(self): > self.destroy()
Never mind that, just realized you're asking for a different thing. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
