[Python-Dev] GC at exit?
Aahz
aahz@pythoncraft.com
Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:57:36 -0500
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002, Tim Peters wrote:
> [Aahz]
>>
>> Is garbage collection supposed to run when Python exits?
>
> The language reference manual doesn't promise that any garbage will be
> collected, ever. So, no, "supposed to" doesn't apply.
Thanks. I'll tell people to run gc.collect() at the end of their
applications if they care.
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