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Re:A guide to Python's magic methods. by DasIch on Sunday November 25, 2012 @08:04AM (#4828054)
The official language reference[1] covers this, provides the most recent information and is undoubtedly correct.

Why would I use this instead? In fact looking at the description of `__del__` there is some very crucial information missing regarding access to globals and circular references.

[1]: http://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html

Re:A guide to Python's magic methods. by cocoflunchy on Sunday November 25, 2012 @08:58AM (#4828151)
From the introduction :

    They're also not as well documented as they need to be.   
    All of the magic methods for Python appear in the same 
    section in the Python docs, but they're scattered about 
    and only loosely organized. 
    There's hardly an example to be found in that section 
    (and that may very well be by design, since they're all 
    detailed in the language reference, along with boring 
    syntax descriptions, etc.).
Re:A guide to Python's magic methods. by hiwaylon on Sunday November 25, 2012 @08:35AM (#4828102)
Who said instead? Why not in addition to? Don't be such a hater.