What is the danger of del in python?

Asked Nov 10 '17 at 11:46

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Every post or article on __del__ warns about circular references and the fact that its execution is not guaranteed. But what are the dangers of using __del__ except non-guaranteed execution? For example:

I want to write a __del__ method in a class to be called explicitly on its objects myobject.__del__(). Why is it a bad idea?
What is the risk of multiple calls to myobject.__del__()?

asked Nov 10 '17 at 11:46

Alex Pilkevych

The duplicate has very detailed answers that should address your questions. If not, let me know. – timgeb Nov 10 '17 at 11:54
I've seen those answers, but they don't explain if my kind of usage is a bad idea. Also there's nothing regarding multiple calls to `myobject.__del__()`. – Alex Pilkevych Nov 10 '17 at 12:21
Alright, reopened. – timgeb Nov 10 '17 at 12:53
Possible duplicate of [What is the \_\_del\_\_ method, How to call it?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1481488/what-is-the-del-method-how-to-call-it) – Andrei Zhidelev Nov 10 '17 at 13:50

What is the danger of __del__ in python?

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What is the danger of del in python?