Python vs Java garbage collection?

[Erik Max Francis]

"Martin v. Löwis" wrote:

> In general, C++ makes no such guarantee. If I do
> 
> Foo *foo = new Foo;
> 
> and never mention foo in a delete statement, the Foo destructor won't
> be
>   called.

As he already said, he was referring to destructors in conjunction with
reference counting entities in C++, such as std::auto_ptr.

-- 
 Erik Max Francis / max at alcyone.com / http://www.alcyone.com/max/
 __ San Jose, CA, USA / 37 20 N 121 53 W / &tSftDotIotE
/  \ If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.
\__/ Baba Ram Dass
    Bosskey.net: Return to Wolfenstein / http://www.bosskey.net/rtcw/
 A personal guide to Return to Castle Wolfenstein.