At the PythonLabs meeting someone mentioned it would make Jim really
happy if one could delete the __dict__ attribute of an instance. I
love to make Jim happy, so here goes...
- New-style objects now support deleting their __dict__. This is for
all intents and purposes equivalent to assigning a brand new empty
dictionary, but saves space if the object is not used further.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 48d1138..b73025b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -2261,12 +2261,7 @@
cant(a, None)
cant(a, [])
cant(a, 1)
- try:
- del a.__dict__
- except TypeError:
- pass
- else:
- raise TestFailed, "shouldn't allow del %r.__dict__" % (a)
+ del a.__dict__ # Deleting __dict__ is allowed
# Classes don't allow __dict__ assignment
cant(C, {})