[Python-Dev] GC at exit? (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Sun, 29 Dec 2002 23:45:56 -0500

[Aahz]

[Originally posted to comp.lang.python with no response; asking here before filing a bug report]

Is garbage collection supposed to run when Python exits?

The language reference manual doesn't promise that any garbage will be collected, ever. So, no, "supposed to" doesn't apply.