Destructor

[Michael Hudson]

Rajat Chopra <rajat at cs.utexas.edu> writes:

> I have a very quick and basic question -- but I was just when exactly a
> Destructor is invoked? Do you have to delete the object (ex: del OBJECT )
> or is it enough to say OBJECT = None ???

Maybe you should read

   http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/objectthink.html

Asking about differences between "del ob" and "ob = None" suggests a
certain level of misunderstanding...

(NB: this page doesn't talk about destructors, so it doesn't answer
your question -- but it might give you more insight).

Cheers,
M.

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