Destructor never called ???

[Aahz]

In article <tp70ou0r0j11as6enhpsaqul4oqa3mlu6t at 4ax.com>,
Tim Roberts  <timr at probo.com> wrote:
>
>However, Python is a garbage-collected system.  Unlike in COM, an object is
>NOT destroyed as soon as its reference count goes to 0.  Your object will
>only be destroyed if the garbage collector happens to run, and decides that
>it might be a convenient time to actually free up the space your object
>occupies.

Wrong.  CPython uses reference counting backed by GC.
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