[Python-Dev] Silencing IO errors on del/dealloc?

[Neil Schemenauer]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> No. Trust me. It is not always possible to strengthen the
> implementation. (At least not until we get rid of the "replace all
> globals with None upon module deletion" rule.)

We should do that.  Trying to do cleanup without globals sucks.  I
updated Armin's patch that's attached to issue #812369.  If we could
get some more people to bang on it then prehaps we can trust it
enough to accept it.  If someone wants to test and needs help, give
me a shout.

  Neil