[Python-Dev] dummy del in SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com (Skip Montanaro)
Wed, 3 Oct 2001 02:40:28 -0500

Given that the presence of a del method keeps the garbage collector from reclaiming cyclic garbage, should SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler define a del method that just executes "pass"? Commenting it out seems to have gotten rid of some "uncollectable" messages from the garbage collector. Every other del method in the top level of the standard library actually does something.

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