Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [ help(sys.getrefcount) says: ] >> [ ... ] The count returned is generally >> one higher than you might expect, because it includes the (temporary) >> reference as an argument to getrefcount(). >Are there any cases when it wouldn't?
When the temporary reference which is the argument to getrefcount is the *only* reference, eg: >>> sys.getrefcount (set()) 1 The return value for a weakly referenced object may also be not what you "expect": >>> s = set() >>> sys.getrefcount(s) 2 >>> r = weakref.ref(s) >>> r() is s True >>> sys.getrefcount(r()) 2 -- \S -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.chaos.org.uk/~sion/ "Frankly I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other" -- Arthur C. Clarke her nu becomeþ se bera eadward ofdun hlæddre heafdes bæce bump bump bump
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