counting references to an instance

[Michael Hudson]

Thomas Heller <theller at python.net> writes:

> Brian <balex at sympatico.ca> writes:
> 
> > Hello;
> >
> > Is it possible to get an object to return the number of references there
> > are to itself?
> >
> > Ex:
> >
> > class test(object):
> >  pass
> >
> > a = test()
> > b = a
> >
> > # Should print "2", if I knew the name of the method.
> > print a.refCount()
> >
> 
> In Python debug builds, there's the sys.getrefcount() function.

In *all* builds, there's sys.getrefcount().  Are you thinking of
sys.gettotalrefcount()?

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