No destructor

[peter.foreman]

Thanks for the replies, I must have mis-interpreted something I've read.

How does Python < 2.0 handle circular references?  Is the programmer
expected to handle them via weak refs etc?


Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote in message
news:39A19954.57408AA3 at alcyone.com...
> Pete Shinners wrote:
>
> > be aware that there are cases where the destructor will never
> > be called. i can't remember what they are (don't have my book
> > in front of me). but i do remember reading they weren't
> > guaranteed to be called, and there were a couple of cases.
>
> Circular references, do you mean?
>
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