From 1fd5b21425edb645a9afa0c0d875486eee210f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 18:03:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention warning for exception in __del__. --- Doc/ref/ref3.tex | 2 ++ Doc/ref3.tex | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index d1e8b6395c5..ca3525ae068 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ reference to it. It may then be called at a later time when this new reference is deleted. It is not guaranteed that \code{__del__} methods are called for objects that still exist when the interpreter exits. +If an exception occurs in a \code{__del__} method, it is ignored, and +a warning is printed on stderr. \ttindex{__del__} \stindex{del} diff --git a/Doc/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref3.tex index d1e8b6395c5..ca3525ae068 100644 --- a/Doc/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref3.tex @@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ reference to it. It may then be called at a later time when this new reference is deleted. It is not guaranteed that \code{__del__} methods are called for objects that still exist when the interpreter exits. +If an exception occurs in a \code{__del__} method, it is ignored, and +a warning is printed on stderr. \ttindex{__del__} \stindex{del}