Object cleanup

[Ben Finney]

Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> writes:

> The destructor doesn't get called into the last reference is gone.

And it's important to note that the destructor doesn't get called
*immediately* that happens; rather, the destructor will be called *some
time after* the last reference to the object is gone.

In short: you can't force Python to invoke the destructor at any
particular time, and hence your code shouldn't assume that it will
happen at any particular time.

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Ben Finney