does python have useless destructors?

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:00:55 -0700, David Turner wrote:

> I'm also not talking about modifying the garbage collector (if any).
> I'm talking about a mechanism that is *independent* of the garbage
> collector.  To briefly resummarize:
> 
> Objects with a __del__ method shall be reference counted.  When the
> reference count reaches zero, the __del__ method shall be called, and
> any subobjects that have a __del__ method shall also be unreferenced.

This is unimplementable without a CPU overhead equivalent to maintaining
reference counts for all objects.

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