[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-577793 ] Docs unclear about cleanup.

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Bugs item #577793, was opened at 2002-07-05 16:47
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: Docs unclear about cleanup.

Initial Comment:
The docs say (in 
http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/ref/customization.ht
ml):

"Python 1.5 guarantees that globals whose name begins 
with a single underscore are deleted from their module 
before other globals are deleted; if no other references to 
such globals exist, this may help in assuring that 
imported modules are still available at the time when the 
__del__() method is called."

It should be made clear whether this is still true for 
newer python versions (or not).

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