Logging in __del__()

[Robert Rawlins]

Hi Vinay,

> Python uses reference counting with a cycle detector, but the
> detector's behaviour is different if there are finalizers  (__del__) -
> see
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/ext/refcounts.html
>

Thank you for the link, that certainly explains a great deal. 

So, am I right to assume that python will still handle its garbage disposal
if I implement __del__(), it just handles circular references in a slightly
different way, but to the same effect. Right?

Cheers,

Robert