Class destructor

[Jp Calderone]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 04:13:51PM -0700, Steven Taschuk wrote:
> Quoth Jp Calderone:
> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 11:33:30AM -0500, Mongryong wrote:
>   [...]
> > > If you keep in mind that Python uses 'reference counting' for garbage
> > > collecting, you can see why the 'del a1' appears to be doing nothing. 
> > 
> >   Actually, reference counting and garbage collection are two separate
> > methods.  Straight reference counting is used for all non-cyclic structures. 
> 
> Um.  Reference counting is one type of garbage collection.  That
> Python happens to have another kind of garbage collector as well
> does not indicate otherwise, even though in Python-specific
> contexts it is common to speak of the latter as "the" garbage
> collector.

  What is comp.lang.python, if not a Python-specific contxt?

  Jp

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