From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 04:11:06 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: __del__ is done -- except for the GC issue.
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__del__ is done -- except for the GC issue.
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diff --git a/PLAN.txt b/PLAN.txt
index cdae04c35d..10cfe3eec7 100644
--- a/PLAN.txt
+++ b/PLAN.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ Project: core implementation
 Still to do (by priority)
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-Add __del__ handlers?  I asked for a motivation on python-dev and
-nobody piped up.  Yet I expect it will be asked for later.  Are there
-GC issues?  Doesn't the GC make an exception for classic classes with
-a __del__ handler?
-
 Support mixed multiple inheritance from classic and new-style classes?
 That would be cool and make new-style classes much more usable (it
 would remove most of the reasons not to use them for new projects).
@@ -38,6 +33,11 @@ this.)
 Done (mostly)
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+Add __del__ handlers?  I asked for a motivation on python-dev and
+nobody piped up.  Yet I expect it will be asked for later.  *** Are
+there GC issues?  Doesn't the GC make an exception for classic classes
+with a __del__ handler?  This part is *not* yet dealt with. ***
+
 Assignment to __dict__.
 
 More performance work -- one particular test, test_descr.inherits(),