I'm using an object's __del__() to unsubscribe it from an event (using an event scheme similar to this): import my_enviroment class MyClass(): def __del__(self): my_environment.events.my_event -...

class ToBeDeleted: def __init__(self, value): self.value = val # Whatever... def __del__(self): print self.value l = [ToBeDeleted(i) for i in range(3)] del l This prints 2, 1, 0. Now,...

Lets assume we have a class in python: class A(object): def __del__(self): print "Del!" __del__ is called upon deleting/garbage collection of any A instance. Is is possible to do the same fo...

I tend to use it whenever I am working on a prototype script, and: Use a somewhat common variable (such as fileCount), and Have a large method (20+ lines), and Do not use classes or namespaces ye...

Supose you have something like: x = "something" b = x l = [b] How can you delete the object only having one reference, say x? del x won't do the trick; the object is still reachable from b, for...

I am new to python and have been working through the examples in Swaroop CH's "A Byte of Python". I am seeing some behavior with the __del__ method that is puzzling me. Basically, if I run the fo...

link text I got the concept of reference count So when i do a "del astrd" ,reference count drops to zero and astrd gets collected by gc ? This is the sample codes.These codes I developed after m...

I had always assumed that a file would leak if it was opened without being closed, but I just verified that if I enter the following lines of code, the file will close: >>> f = open('some...