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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

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Class and instance related questions. Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 08:31 -0800
  Re: Class and instance related questions. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-25 03:37 +1100
    Re: Class and instance related questions. Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 12:32 -0800
      Re: Class and instance related questions. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-25 07:45 +1100
        Re: Class and instance related questions. Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 13:03 -0800
          Re: Class and instance related questions. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-25 08:18 +1100
            Re: Class and instance related questions. Asaf Las <roegltd@gmail.com> - 2014-01-24 14:08 -0800
          Re: Class and instance related questions. Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-01-24 18:58 -0500
      Re: Class and instance related questions. Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-24 20:08 -0500

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