On 2017-03-20 20:23, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Hello Oleg, > > On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 18:28:29 +0100 > Oleg Nesterov <oleg at redhat.com> wrote: >> I started to learn python a few days ago and I am trying to understand what >> __del__() actually does. https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html >> says: >> >> object.__del__(self) >> ... >> Note that it is possible (though not recommended!) for the __del__() >> method to postpone destruction of the instance by creating a new >> reference to it. It may then be called at a later time when this new >> reference is deleted. > > This sentence is not technically wrong, but it can easily be > misleading. It says "it *may* then be called at a later time" and > probably it should say "it may or may not be called at a later time, > depending on the Python implementation you are using". > [snip] I don't think I'd say it's misleading, but only that it might be misunderstood.
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