Re: [Python-Dev] Combining the best of PEP 288 and PEP 325: generator exceptions and cleanup

Guido van Rossum wrote:

- When a generator is GC'ed, its close() method is called (which is a no-op if it is already closed).

Does this mean that all generators will be ineligible for cyclic garbage collection (since they implicitly have something equivalent to a __del__ method)? Other than that, all this looks good. -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+