[Tutor] Deleting singleton objects

[Danny Yoo]

On Thu, 23 May 2002 alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:

> > 	BTW is there a more efficient or standard way of implementing a
> > singleton in Python, that is a lot "cleaner".
>
> I think so.
>
> Try a seach on google groups where youl fnd it duscussed(frequently) on
> comp.lang.python.
>
> Also search this list archive on Activestate where (I think it
> was Danny) did a nice version based on the class __call__() method.

Probably wasn't me, since I still have to start reading Design Patterns.
*grin*


The Python Cookbook by Activestate has a bunch of Singleton recipes that
might be useful:


    http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66531
    http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52558


Good luck to you!