GC and finalizers [was: No destructor]

[Neil Schemenauer]

[I say that __del__ methods are only called once]

[Martin]
>Are you sure?

No.  My test must have been flawed.  I remember Guido talking
about implementing this for 2.0.  I guess the timbot talked him
out of it.

[Martin]
>Interestingly enough, if gc is not imported, behaviour is different...

Are _you_ sure?

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