Destructor never called ???

[Tim Roberts]

aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:

>In article <tp70ou0r0j11as6enhpsaqul4oqa3mlu6t at 4ax.com>,
>Tim Roberts  <timr at probo.com> wrote:
>>
>>However, Python is a garbage-collected system.  Unlike in COM, an object is
>>NOT destroyed as soon as its reference count goes to 0.  Your object will
>>only be destroyed if the garbage collector happens to run, and decides that
>>it might be a convenient time to actually free up the space your object
>>occupies.
>
>Wrong.  CPython uses reference counting backed by GC.

Well, then, what was all the fuss about deterministic desctructors in the
newsgroup last year or so?  Has this changed, or am I just remembering this
entirely wrong?
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- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
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