[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-492619 ] __del__ docs need update

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Bugs item #492619, was opened at 2001-12-13 13:03
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Category: Documentation
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
Submitted By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
>Assigned to: Finn Bock (bckfnn)
Summary: __del__ docs need update

Initial Comment:
Similarly to words added in 2.2 to the gc module docs 
and extension docs, the Ref Man's section on __del__ 
should be clearer about the interactions between 
objects with __del__ methods and cyclic gc.  The Ref 
Man should also be clearer about which parts of the 
semantics hold across all Python implementations, and 
which are specific to CPython (e.g., IIRC, __del__ 
isn't called by magic at all in Jython).

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>Comment By: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Date: 2001-12-14 14:53

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Fixed for CPython in Doc/ref/ref3.tex 1.82.

Finn, can you review the __del__() description for Jython? 
Thanks!

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