[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/ref ref3.tex,1.93,1.94

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/ref
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv4620

Modified Files:
	ref3.tex 
Log Message:
Clarified that the footnote applies to versions 1.5 and after instead of
just version 1.5.  Closes SF bug 577793.


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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/ref/ref3.tex,v
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*** ref3.tex	19 Jul 2002 15:47:06 -0000	1.93
--- ref3.tex	8 Sep 2002 21:10:54 -0000	1.94
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*** 987,994 ****
  globals referenced by the \method{__del__()} method may already have been
  deleted.  For this reason, \method{__del__()} methods should do the
! absolute minimum needed to maintain external invariants.  Python 1.5
! guarantees that globals whose name begins with a single underscore are
! deleted from their module before other globals are deleted; if no
! other references to such globals exist, this may help in assuring that
  imported modules are still available at the time when the
  \method{__del__()} method is called.
--- 987,994 ----
  globals referenced by the \method{__del__()} method may already have been
  deleted.  For this reason, \method{__del__()} methods should do the
! absolute minimum needed to maintain external invariants.  Starting with
! version 1.5, Python guarantees that globals whose name begins with a single
! underscore are deleted from their module before other globals are deleted;
! if no other references to such globals exist, this may help in assuring that
  imported modules are still available at the time when the
  \method{__del__()} method is called.