[Python-Dev] Garbage collecting closures (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:32:34 +1200 (NZST)

Jeremy:

Finalizers seem useful in general, but I would still worry about any specific program that managed critical resources using finalizers.

What are they useful for, then? Or are they only useful "in general", and never in any particular case? :-)

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