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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/ref
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Modified Files:
Tag: release22-maint
ref3.tex
Log Message:
Backport 1.94:

Clarified that the footnote applies to versions 1.5 and after instead of
just version 1.5. Closes SF bug 577793.



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globals referenced by the \method{__del__()} method may already have been
deleted. For this reason, \method{__del__()} methods should do the
! absolute minimum needed to maintain external invariants. Python 1.5
! guarantees that globals whose name begins with a single underscore are
! deleted from their module before other globals are deleted; if no
! other references to such globals exist, this may help in assuring that
imported modules are still available at the time when the
\method{__del__()} method is called.
--- 960,967 ----
globals referenced by the \method{__del__()} method may already have been
deleted. For this reason, \method{__del__()} methods should do the
! absolute minimum needed to maintain external invariants. Starting with
! version 1.5, Python guarantees that globals whose name begins with a single
! underscore are deleted from their module before other globals are deleted;
! if no other references to such globals exist, this may help in assuring that
imported modules are still available at the time when the
\method{__del__()} method is called.