On Mon, 13 May 2013 13:21:17 -0400 Terry Jan Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 5/13/2013 9:20 AM, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote: > > > The strong reference there is a feature. Descriptors keep the class > > alive if somehow the class disappears and the descriptor itself does > > Is this feature stated or implied in the reference manual? > 3.3.2.1. Implementing Descriptors > 3.3.2.2. Invoking Descriptors > ??? > or is it an implementation detail that people have come to rely on?
Any reference that is not documentedly weak is strong by definition; this is Python's basic semantics, there's no need to ask about documentation pointers. The only question is whether some people rely on this particular one. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
