does python have useless destructors?

Tue Jun 15 08:22:32 EDT 2004

On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 04:26:07 -0700, David Turner wrote:

> Hmm... I wonder if it would be possible to override the "="
> operator...?

No, and it would not be enough anyway. You would have to catch places
when an argument is passed to a function, or is returned, or when a local
variable goes out of scope, or when an object is put in a container,
or perhaps others that I forgot. It's impractical.

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