Class destructor

[Michael Hudson]

Jp Calderone <exarkun at intarweb.us> writes:

>   Actually, reference counting and garbage collection are two separate
> methods.

Pedantry: reference counting *is* a form of garbage collection, by
most definitions[1].

The fact that the gc module is called what it is is unfortunate from
this point of view.  It would have been better called "cc" for cycle
collector or "cd" for cycle detector.  But it's a bit late for that.

Cheers,
M.

[1] I.e. the one I looked up in the foldoc.

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