In article <ftps459nklqio3nghaaraniqo3fs9r8...@4ax.com>, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote: >Dave Angel <da...@dejaviewphoto.com> wrote: >> >>You're right of course. What I was trying to say was it deletes the >>reference to the object. Unlike obj = None, del obj removes the >>reference (attribute) entirely. Although I don't know what it should be >>called if it's a local variable. Perhaps it "unbinds" the name. > >Yes. As far as the object is concerned, "obj = None" and "del obj" are >exactly identical. In both cases, there is one less binding to the name. > >The difference between the two is only whether the name lives on in the >namespace. > >A local variable is (usually) just a name in the local() namespace.
OTOH, Python's ``del`` applies to targets generally, not just names: >>> L = [1,2,3] >>> del L[1] >>> L [1, 3] -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "as long as we like the same operating system, things are cool." --piranha -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
