[issue23720] __del__() order is broken since 3.4.0

Serhiy Storchaka report at bugs.python.org
Sat Mar 21 12:50:34 CET 2015


Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

> There is a cycle involving the class object, but I don’t think there is a cycle involving the instance objects this time.

It is.

>>> a = A()
>>> a.__class__.__del__.__globals__['a']
<__main__.A object at 0xb702230c>

And all objects referenced from user class or module level instance of user class are in a cycle. This problem can cause issues such as issue17852.

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