Consider the below in simple class:
class RandomKlass:
def __init__(self, x):
self.x = x
def __del__(self):
print("Deleted…")
Now when I delete the object created from RandomKlass using `del` operator I
see the output “Deleted…”. That means `del` operator calls the __del__ method
if available.
from python_methods import RandomKlass
obj = RandomKlass(10)
del obj
# Deleted...
obj = RandomKlass(10)
obj1 = RandomKlass(10)
del obj
# Deleted...
del obj1
# Deleted...
Now why then the doc
https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__ says:
> `del x` doesn’t directly call `x.__del__()` — the former decrements the
> reference count for `x` by one, and the latter is only called when `x`’s
> reference count reaches zero.
Also what the reference count here means? I know that x can hold only one
reference at a time.
Thanks,
Arup Rakshit
a...@zeit.io
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