Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.166 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.70; '*S*': 0.03; '22,': 0.09; 'subject:Help': 0.11; 'bindings.': 0.16; 'referenced,': 0.16; 'subject:Got': 0.16; 'subject:Plz': 0.16; 'subject:make': 0.16; 'varies': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'fri,': 0.33; 'except': 0.35; 'no,': 0.35; 'objects': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'problems': 0.38; 'depends': 0.38; 'nov': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'delete': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'above,': 0.60; 'free': 0.61; 'subject: !': 0.61; 'name': 0.63; 'more': 0.64; 'between': 0.67; 'subject:your': 0.76; 'subject: ! ': 0.84; 'rusi': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=lQEtNevTEAdG1bLaqJYWvc/w6eA57E4O3lVaU3JWuRU=; b=JS19XlT4yiJuCCdaVeseLKpxGZUMGrYVuZU7V1nitWahea1tTafnQ8ITXWKhy6Gizw tOv8Ci8KQ9441Dj7ZFIsxtznRAuyK4zU8s90C+xHeN0TXbZIfiUYE/xidQb6r6i07q7p kdMwb5GbQY04t1OR9oVUCxKIKd5RAw/2hLbgdWdTt3WJ8T+QgU2zMen4doJtBMMSzey2 F1PasY0MUdKSq3w6xftR71X21kHEsJgnJ2ETdzCx30QmEIFhC4iCwnbzMk2xTi0zzyjY aub60YIpj799y5UW+8k/lY9OGo/IqFX4o+p33cO2OGTchQDZFdVXmsgw4paZJsvQoK2T zjaw== X-Received: by 10.66.180.200 with SMTP id dq8mr12869821pac.104.1385133066806; Fri, 22 Nov 2013 07:11:06 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5b2d036a-bff7-4ff6-9cde-1c7f1efe87ab@googlegroups.com> References: <5b2d036a-bff7-4ff6-9cde-1c7f1efe87ab@googlegroups.com> From: Ian Kelly Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 08:10:26 -0700 Subject: Re: Got a Doubt ! Wanting for your Help ! Plz make it ASAP ! To: Python Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 8 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1385133070 news.xs4all.nl 15930 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:43989 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:60233 On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:13 AM, rusi wrote: > 2) del will delete objects -- like free in C > Except that like above, thinking in C will cause more problems than it solves No, del will only delete name bindings. Whether the bound object is also deleted depends on whether it is still referenced, and the timing by which the bound object may be deleted varies between implementations.