python terminology on classes

[Tim Chase]

On 07/26/10 18:15, Thomas Jollans wrote:
>> destructor
>
> http://docs.python.org/py3k/reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__

One small caveat -- IIRC, in Java/C++ the destructor is 
guaranteed to be called with a certain amount of context.  I find 
Python's __del__ almost useless since things it may rely upon can 
arbitrarily be destroyed before the __del__ is called.

-tkc