[Tutor] need some class / module help

[shawn bright]

way cool, thanks much guys.
sk

On 10/20/06, Python <python at venix.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 13:44 -0500, shawn bright wrote:
> > if i name them, like bob = group.Group(some_id) ?
> >
> > what is going to happen is that each time, the variable will create a
> > different object
> >
> > like
> > while 1:
> >     group = group.Group(some_id)
> >     do some stuff with group.
> >
> > so since it keeps getting replaced, it should be ok without some way
> > to destroy it ?
>
> You can verify this by putting some kind of signal in the __del__
> method.  For instance:
>
> >>> class A:
> ...     def __del__(self): print "destroyed"
> ...
> >>> bob = A()
> >>> bob = A()
> destroyed
> >>> dir()
> ['A', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', 'bob']
>
>
> So you can see that binding the name "bob" to a different instance
> resulted in destroying the first one.
>
> >
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> > On 10/20/06, Simon Brunning <simon at brunningonline.net> wrote:
> >         On 10/20/06, shawn bright <nephish at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         > oh, one more thing.
> >         > these objects are going to be created at the rate of about
> >         20 / minute in a
> >         > thread.
> >         > at some point is this going to be a problem ? do they go
> >         away over time?
> >         > Or do i need to write something that will kill them?
> >
> >         If you don't keep references too them (i.e. by having names
> >         that are
> >         bound to them, or by keeping them in collections) then they'll
> >         go away
> >         - usually as soon as the last reference to them is gone.
> >
> >         --
> >         Cheers,
> >         Simon B
> >         simon at brunningonline.net
> >         http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/
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