[Python-ideas] Removing the del statement

[BJörn Lindqvist]

On 9/28/07, George Sakkis <george.sakkis at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if this was considered and rejected in the Py3K discussions; PEP
> 3099 doesn't mention anything about it.

Yes. del (and especially __del___) has been discussed on and off on
the python-3000 list.

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-September/003855.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-May/007129.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-May/007683.html

I have used "del x" a few times to shorten the list of exported names
in modules which helps epydoc. Never found any use for del x[i] or del
x.a though.

-- 
mvh Björn