[Python-Dev] __del__ is not called after creating a new reference

[Armin Rigo]

Hi all,

On 20 March 2017 at 22:28, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
> Modern CPython, and all extant versions of PyPy and Jython, guarantee that
> __del__ is called at most once.

Just a note, if someone actually depends on this: it is not true in
all cases.  For example, in CPython 3.5.3:

>>> class X:
...   __slots__=()        #   <= note this!
...   def __del__(self):
...     print("DEL")
...     global resurrect
...     resurrect = self
...
>>> print(X())
<__main__.X object at 0x7f5d1ad600d0>
DEL
>>> resurrect=None
DEL
>>> resurrect=None
DEL
>>> resurrect=None
DEL


A bientôt,

Armin.