Locking and try/finally

[Erik Max Francis]

xtian wrote:

> It seemed to me that, given the reference counting basis of Python GC,
> a class with a __del__ method would behave roughly the same:

This is a bad idea.  Since __del__ is really a finalizer method, you've
no guarantee when (or even in some cases if) it'll be called.  You
shouldn't rely on it being called in a timely manner in portable code,
particularly when relinquishing resources is involved.

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