[Python-Dev] __traceback__ and reference cycles

[Brett Cannon]

On 8/8/05, Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't think of a Python feature with a higher aggregate
> braincell_burned / benefit ratio than __del__ methods.  If P3K retains
> them-- or maybe even before --we should consider taking "the Java
> dodge" on this one.  That is, decree that henceforth a __del__ method
> will get invoked by magic at most once on any given object O, no
> matter how often O is resurrected.
> 

Wasn't there talk of getting rid of __del__ a little while ago and
instead use weakrefs to functions to handle cleaning up?  Is that
still feasible?  And if so, would this alleviate the problem?

-Brett