[Python-ideas] `to_file()` method for strings

[Chris Barker - NOAA Federal]

>> In the case of temporary objects that are never referred to outside a single
>> line of code -- delete it right away.
>
> The problem is that there's no way to be sure. For instance, compare
> these lines of code:
>
> from threading import Thread
>
> open("marker").write("Ha")
> Thread(target=threadfunc).start()
>
> One of them has finished with the object completely. The other most
> certainly has not.

Interesting -- now I'm curious -- how does cPython know that the
reference count of that Thread object needs to be increased So it
won't be deleted? Does the start() method call incref() on itself?

-CHB




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