Is RAII possible in Python?

[Paul Rubin]

Pierre Rouleau <prouleau at impathnetworks.com> writes:
> AFAIK, the call of __del__() method on object destruction is not
> garanteed to be called when the interpreter exists.  Is this true?

I think it is supposed to be called.

> Is the __del__() mehod of an object garanteed to be called when a
> function exists normally or is forced to exit by an exception?

No.

> Is RAII available in Python?

You can use the try/finally construction to make sure the object gets
destroyed when the finally clause runs.