Preempting __del__ hmmm
I need to preempt __del__
and I want to know what is the right way to do this. Basically my question in code is this..
class A:
def __init__(self):
self.log = logging.getLogger()
self.log.debug("In init")
self.closed = False
def close(self):
self.log.debug("Doing some magic")
self.closed = True
def __del__(self):
if not self.closed:
self.close()
self.log.debug("In closing")
# What should go here to properly do GC??
Is there any way to now call the standard GC features?
Thanks for readin开发者_开发问答g!!
Steve
__del__
isn't a true destructor. It is called before an object is destroyed to free any resources it is holding. It need not worry about freeing memory itself.
You can always call the parent class' __del__
, too, if you are inheriting a class which may also have open resources.
Please use the with
statement for this.
See http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-with-statement
The with statement guarantees that if the enter() method returns without an error, then exit() will always be called.
Rather than fool around with __del__
, use __exit__
of a context manager object.
If you're looking to call the GC manually then call gc.collect().
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