Python - Object Destruction: __del__

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Introduction

The destructor method __del__ is run automatically when an instance's space is being reclaimed:

Demo

class Life: 
    def __init__(self, name='unknown'): 
        print('Hello ' + name) 
        self.name = name # from   w  w w.  j  a va  2s . c o  m
    def live(self): 
        print(self.name) 
    def __del__(self): 
        print('Goodbye ' + self.name) 
brian = Life('Brian') 
brian.live() 
brian = 'loretta'

Result