[Python-Dev] tp_finalize vs tp_del sematics

[Valentine Sinitsyn]

Hi Armin,

On 25.08.2015 13:00, Armin Rigo wrote:
> Hi Valentine,
>
> On 25 August 2015 at 09:56, Valentine Sinitsyn
> <valentine.sinitsyn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes, I think so.  There is a *highly obscure* corner case: __del__
>>> will still be called several times if you declare your class with
>>> "__slots__=()".
>>
>> Even on "post-PEP-0442" Python 3.4+? Could you share a link please?
>
> class X(object):
>      __slots__=()     # <= try with and without this
>      def __del__(self):
>          global revive
>          revive = self
>          print("hi")
>
> X()
> revive = None
> revive = None
> revive = None
Indeed, that's very strange. Looks like a bug IMHO. Thanks for pointing out.

Valentine