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Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 03:37:29 +1100
Subject: Re: Class and instance related questions.
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On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Is there way to get list of instances of particular
> class through class itself? via metaclass or any other method?

Not automatically, but you can make a class that keeps track of its
instances with a weak reference system.

> Another question - if class is object is it possible
> to delete it? If it is possible then how instances
> of that class will behave?

It's possible to unbind the name, but every instance retains a
reference to its class, so the class itself won't disappear until
there are no instances left of it.

ChrisA