Python 2.0

[Yukihiro Matsumoto]

Hi.

"Vadim Chugunov" <chega_ at yahoo.com> writes:

|> Remember the original statement is like this:
|>
|> >As many people have noted before, you would not be able to use
|> >destructors to free up resources like memory or file descriptors.
|>
|>which, as I understand, means destructors can not be used with real
|>GC.  That's just not true.
|
|I'm sorry for being unclear, but the key words here were: "to free up
|resources".
|And I meant "to free up resources the moment I expect them to", not "some time
|later".

Well, OK.  I understand now.  Now only thing I can say is, why do you
emphasize so much on reclaiming object at the time you exepcted?
Because of your C++ background?

|BTW, this is a common expectation from anyone coming from a C++ background.
|In C++, deallocation in destructors is the only way you can use exceptions
|without leaking resources.

Yes, but it's not true for HIGHER languages like Python or Java (or Ruby).

						matz.