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. :)
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