Python 2.0

[Hrvoje Niksic]

"Barry A. Warsaw" <bwarsaw at cnri.reston.va.us> writes:

> JPython used to call __del__() when the Java object (PyInstance) was
> finalized.  See my previous message on the subject for why this has
> been commented out.  I don't believe __del__() is ever invoked now
> in JPython.

Isn't that a case of sacrificing (Python) correctness for (Java)
efficiency?  The code that relies on __del__() getting called
eventually will lose in JPython.