Python3 - How do I import a class from another file

[MRAB]

On 2019-12-10 17:18, R.Wieser wrote:
> Chris,
> 
>> Okay. What should happen when you do this?
>>
>> x = 5
>> del x
>>
>> Should the integer 5 be deleted?
> 
> Yep.
> 
> What do you think happens instead ?   I've not seen you explain or support
> anything in that regard, not even now.
> 
> There is a bit of a problem with the above though: It has got zero to do
> with the __del__ I was talking about.  I've not seen you point out any
> mistake with my example (pointing out race contition problems) either.
> 
> Not a smooth move bro.  Not a smooth move /at all/ :-(
> 
>> So the language designers couldn't possibly have been so stupid
>> as to do things this way, but you're going to ignore what they did?
> 
> Actually, they didn't.
> 
> Did you know you can disable the garbage collector ?  Well, you can.   Guess
> what I saw when I disabled it, created a class instance and than deleted it
> again.  Yup, the "print" command I placed in the "__del__" method did
> actually show output - something that, according to you, could/should never
> happen ...
> 
> Than again, I've used Python 3 for the test.  Maybe you're remembering
> something from an older version ?
> 
You merely disabled the mark-and-sweep collector.

When the reference out reaches zero, the object is deleted, but if an 
object is part of a reference cycle, the reference count will never 
reach zero.

To deal with that, there's a mark-and-sweep collector that's called 
periodically.