catching a del

[Tino Wildenhain]

Hi Dan,

Dan Parisien wrote:
> 
> class obj:
>         def __init__(self, name, parent):
>                 parent.children[name] = self
>                 self.parent = parent
>                 self.name = name
> 
>         def onDelete(self): #?!
>                 del self.parent[self.name]
> 
> I want to be able to catch a del of an instance of the above class so I can
> remove it from its parent dictionary. Is there a way? (note it cannot be in
> a destructor because there will always be a reference inside the parent
> dict)

perhaps its __del__() ?

Regards
Tino