A colleague of mine was shocked to learn that `del obj` doesn't actually delete the object, just the reference to it.

[brass75@twit.social]

A colleague of mine was shocked to learn that `del obj` doesn't actually delete the object, just the reference to it. So if you do:

x = obj
y = obj
del x

y and obj still exist with y referencing obj. x no longer exists.

#Python

[stylus@social.afront.org]

@brass75 otherwise somebody would del 3 and then where does that leave us.

[brass75@twit.social]

@stylus Down 3 in the bottom of the nth.

[grim_elsewhere@lgbtqia.space]

@brass75 I've done my fair share wrestling the alligator that is the python garbage collector. Call my crazy, but this is why I like clear reference denotation in C.

[cazabon@mindly.social]

@brass75

What did your colleague think `y` would be after deleting x?