Musings & ramblings of a Pythonista
People are often confused about Python's del keyword and __del__() method.
Most people think that applying del on an object causes the object's
__del__() method to be called. But this is not true. del keyword merely
decrements the objects reference count and de-scopes the variable on its
application. But it doesn't necessarily invoke the object's __del__() method.
__del__ method will be called only when the garbage ...