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Stubborn del Operation

Stubborn del Operation

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How can deleting something be so complex?

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class SomeClass:
    def __del__(self):
        print("Deleted!")

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Let’s delete SomeClass() objects in the interactive interpreter below.

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>>> x = SomeClass()
>>> y = x
>>> del x # this should print "Deleted!"
>>> del y
Deleted!
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Phew, deleted at last. You might have guessed what saved __del__ from being called in our first attempt to delete x.

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