[Python-ideas] Re: Make `del x` an expression evaluating to `x`

On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 18:19, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:

No, it wouldn't - the use of the value as a return value counts as a reference. It's exactly the same as any other function that returns a brand-new value.

So the memory of that object will never free... since there's a reference that can't be deleted, until the current scope is not finished. This in practice will break `del variable`