[Python-Dev] __del__ and subclassed types

[Michel Pelletier]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001 13:27:53 -0400
 Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com> wrote:
> Python 2.2a4:
> 
> class myList(type([])):
>     def __del__(self):
>         print "list dealloced"
> 
> list = myList()
> del list
> 
> never prints "list dealloced".  Is this supposed to work?

I don't know, but it does work if you *don't* subclass from type([]).  But you may already know that.  Neither PEP 252 or 253 mention specifics on __del__, so maybe it's a bug?

-Michel