Python leaks in cyclic garbage collection

[Andrea Crotti]

Il giorno 19/feb/2011, alle ore 05.10, moerchendiser2k3 ha scritto:

> Hi, I have some problems with Python and the garbage collection. In
> the following piece of code I create a simple gargabe collection but I
> am still wondering why the finalizers are never called - at least on
> exit of Py they should be called somehow. What do I miss here? I know,
> there is no deterministic way how to resolve this though.
> 
> class Foo():
> 
>    def __init__(self):
>        self.b=Bar(self)
> 
>    def __del__(self):
>        print "Free Foo"
> 
> class Bar():
>    def __init__(self, f):
>        self.f=f
> 
>    def __del__(self):
>        print "Free Bar"
> 
> f=Foo()
> print f
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Wild guess:
maybe when python exits they are called but sys.stdout has already been closed and nothing gets written on it anymore.