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- <span id="weakref-weak-references"></span><span id="mod-weakref"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-weakref" title="weakref: Support for weak references and weak dictionaries."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">weakref</span></code></a> — Weak references<a class="headerlink" href="#module-weakref" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.12/Lib/weakref.py">Lib/weakref.py</a></p>
- <hr class="docutils" />
- <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-weakref" title="weakref: Support for weak references and weak dictionaries."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">weakref</span></code></a> module allows the Python programmer to create <em class="dfn">weak
- references</em> to objects.</p>
- <p>In the following, the term <em class="dfn">referent</em> means the object which is referred to
- by a weak reference.</p>
- <p>A weak reference to an object is not enough to keep the object alive: when the
- only remaining references to a referent are weak references,
- <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-garbage-collection"><span class="xref std std-term">garbage collection</span></a> is free to destroy the referent and reuse its memory
- for something else. However, until the object is actually destroyed the weak
- reference may return the object even if there are no strong references to it.</p>
- <p>A primary use for weak references is to implement caches or
- mappings holding large objects, where it’s desired that a large object not be
- kept alive solely because it appears in a cache or mapping.</p>
- <p>For example, if you have a number of large binary image objects, you may wish to
- associate a name with each. If you used a Python dictionary to map names to
- images, or images to names, the image objects would remain alive just because
- they appeared as values or keys in the dictionaries. The
- <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakKeyDictionary" title="weakref.WeakKeyDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakKeyDictionary</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakValueDictionary" title="weakref.WeakValueDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakValueDictionary</span></code></a> classes supplied by
- the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-weakref" title="weakref: Support for weak references and weak dictionaries."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">weakref</span></code></a> module are an alternative, using weak references to construct
- mappings that don’t keep objects alive solely because they appear in the mapping
- objects. If, for example, an image object is a value in a
- <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakValueDictionary" title="weakref.WeakValueDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakValueDictionary</span></code></a>, then when the last remaining references to that
- image object are the weak references held by weak mappings, garbage collection
- can reclaim the object, and its corresponding entries in weak mappings are
- simply deleted.</p>
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakKeyDictionary" title="weakref.WeakKeyDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakKeyDictionary</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakValueDictionary" title="weakref.WeakValueDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakValueDictionary</span></code></a> use weak references
- in their implementation, setting up callback functions on the weak references
- that notify the weak dictionaries when a key or value has been reclaimed by
- garbage collection. <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakSet" title="weakref.WeakSet"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakSet</span></code></a> implements the <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#set" title="set"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">set</span></code></a> interface,
- but keeps weak references to its elements, just like a
- <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakKeyDictionary" title="weakref.WeakKeyDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakKeyDictionary</span></code></a> does.</p>
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.finalize" title="weakref.finalize"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">finalize</span></code></a> provides a straight forward way to register a
- cleanup function to be called when an object is garbage collected.
- This is simpler to use than setting up a callback function on a raw
- weak reference, since the module automatically ensures that the finalizer
- remains alive until the object is collected.</p>
- <p>Most programs should find that using one of these weak container types
- or <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.finalize" title="weakref.finalize"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">finalize</span></code></a> is all they need – it’s not usually necessary to
- create your own weak references directly. The low-level machinery is
- exposed by the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-weakref" title="weakref: Support for weak references and weak dictionaries."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">weakref</span></code></a> module for the benefit of advanced uses.</p>
- <p>Not all objects can be weakly referenced. Objects which support weak references
- include class instances, functions written in Python (but not in C), instance methods,
- sets, frozensets, some <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object"><span class="xref std std-term">file objects</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-generator"><span class="xref std std-term">generators</span></a>,
- type objects, sockets, arrays, deques, regular expression pattern objects, and code
- objects.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.2: </span>Added support for thread.lock, threading.Lock, and code objects.</p>
- </div>
- <p>Several built-in types such as <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#list" title="list"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#dict" title="dict"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dict</span></code></a> do not directly
- support weak references but can add support through subclassing:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">pass</span>
-
- <span class="n">obj</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Dict</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">red</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">green</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">blue</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># this object is weak referenceable</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <div class="impl-detail compound">
- <p><strong>CPython implementation detail:</strong> Other built-in types such as <a class="reference internal" href="stdtypes.html#tuple" title="tuple"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tuple</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#int" title="int"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">int</span></code></a> do not support weak
- references even when subclassed.</p>
- </div>
- <p>Extension types can easily be made to support weak references; see
- <a class="reference internal" href="../extending/newtypes.html#weakref-support"><span class="std std-ref">Weak Reference Support</span></a>.</p>
- <p>When <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__slots__</span></code> are defined for a given type, weak reference support is
- disabled unless a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'__weakref__'</span></code> string is also present in the sequence of
- strings in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__slots__</span></code> declaration.
- See <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#slots"><span class="std std-ref">__slots__ documentation</span></a> for details.</p>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.ref">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ref</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">object</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.ref" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a weak reference to <em>object</em>. The original object can be retrieved by
- calling the reference object if the referent is still alive; if the referent is
- no longer alive, calling the reference object will cause <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> to be
- returned. If <em>callback</em> is provided and not <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>, and the returned
- weakref object is still alive, the callback will be called when the object is
- about to be finalized; the weak reference object will be passed as the only
- parameter to the callback; the referent will no longer be available.</p>
- <p>It is allowable for many weak references to be constructed for the same object.
- Callbacks registered for each weak reference will be called from the most
- recently registered callback to the oldest registered callback.</p>
- <p>Exceptions raised by the callback will be noted on the standard error output,
- but cannot be propagated; they are handled in exactly the same way as exceptions
- raised from an object’s <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__" title="object.__del__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__del__()</span></code></a> method.</p>
- <p>Weak references are <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-hashable"><span class="xref std std-term">hashable</span></a> if the <em>object</em> is hashable. They will
- maintain their hash value even after the <em>object</em> was deleted. If
- <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#hash" title="hash"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">hash()</span></code></a> is called the first time only after the <em>object</em> was deleted,
- the call will raise <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#TypeError" title="TypeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p>Weak references support tests for equality, but not ordering. If the referents
- are still alive, two references have the same equality relationship as their
- referents (regardless of the <em>callback</em>). If either referent has been deleted,
- the references are equal only if the reference objects are the same object.</p>
- <p>This is a subclassable type rather than a factory function.</p>
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.ref.__callback__">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__callback__</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.ref.__callback__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>This read-only attribute returns the callback currently associated to the
- weakref. If there is no callback or if the referent of the weakref is
- no longer alive then this attribute will have value <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.4: </span>Added the <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.ref.__callback__" title="weakref.ref.__callback__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__callback__</span></code></a> attribute.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py function">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.proxy">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">proxy</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">object</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.proxy" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a proxy to <em>object</em> which uses a weak reference. This supports use of
- the proxy in most contexts instead of requiring the explicit dereferencing used
- with weak reference objects. The returned object will have a type of either
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ProxyType</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CallableProxyType</span></code>, depending on whether <em>object</em> is
- callable. Proxy objects are not <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-hashable"><span class="xref std std-term">hashable</span></a> regardless of the referent; this
- avoids a number of problems related to their fundamentally mutable nature, and
- prevents their use as dictionary keys. <em>callback</em> is the same as the parameter
- of the same name to the <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.ref" title="weakref.ref"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ref()</span></code></a> function.</p>
- <p>Accessing an attribute of the proxy object after the referent is
- garbage collected raises <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ReferenceError" title="ReferenceError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ReferenceError</span></code></a>.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.8: </span>Extended the operator support on proxy objects to include the matrix
- multiplication operators <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">@</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">@=</span></code>.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py function">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.getweakrefcount">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getweakrefcount</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">object</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.getweakrefcount" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return the number of weak references and proxies which refer to <em>object</em>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py function">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.getweakrefs">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">getweakrefs</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">object</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.getweakrefs" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a list of all weak reference and proxy objects which refer to <em>object</em>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.WeakKeyDictionary">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">WeakKeyDictionary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">dict</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.WeakKeyDictionary" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Mapping class that references keys weakly. Entries in the dictionary will be
- discarded when there is no longer a strong reference to the key. This can be
- used to associate additional data with an object owned by other parts of an
- application without adding attributes to those objects. This can be especially
- useful with objects that override attribute accesses.</p>
- <p>Note that when a key with equal value to an existing key (but not equal identity)
- is inserted into the dictionary, it replaces the value but does not replace the
- existing key. Due to this, when the reference to the original key is deleted, it
- also deletes the entry in the dictionary:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">T</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">pass</span>
- <span class="gp">...</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">k1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">k2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">T</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">T</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">d</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">WeakKeyDictionary</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">k1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1"># d = {k1: 1}</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">k2</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="c1"># d = {k1: 2}</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">k1</span> <span class="c1"># d = {}</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>A workaround would be to remove the key prior to reassignment:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">T</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="k">pass</span>
- <span class="gp">...</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">k1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">k2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">T</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="n">T</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">d</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">WeakKeyDictionary</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">k1</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="c1"># d = {k1: 1}</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">d</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">k1</span><span class="p">]</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">d</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">k2</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="c1"># d = {k2: 2}</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">k1</span> <span class="c1"># d = {k2: 2}</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.9: </span>Added support for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">|</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">|=</span></code> operators, specified in <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0584/"><strong>PEP 584</strong></a>.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakKeyDictionary" title="weakref.WeakKeyDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakKeyDictionary</span></code></a> objects have an additional method that
- exposes the internal references directly. The references are not guaranteed to
- be “live” at the time they are used, so the result of calling the references
- needs to be checked before being used. This can be used to avoid creating
- references that will cause the garbage collector to keep the keys around longer
- than needed.</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.WeakKeyDictionary.keyrefs">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">WeakKeyDictionary.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">keyrefs</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.WeakKeyDictionary.keyrefs" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return an iterable of the weak references to the keys.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.WeakValueDictionary">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">WeakValueDictionary</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">dict</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.WeakValueDictionary" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Mapping class that references values weakly. Entries in the dictionary will be
- discarded when no strong reference to the value exists any more.</p>
- <div class="versionchanged">
- <p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.9: </span>Added support for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">|</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">|=</span></code> operators, as specified in <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0584/"><strong>PEP 584</strong></a>.</p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <p><a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakValueDictionary" title="weakref.WeakValueDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakValueDictionary</span></code></a> objects have an additional method that has the
- same issues as the <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakKeyDictionary.keyrefs" title="weakref.WeakKeyDictionary.keyrefs"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakKeyDictionary.keyrefs()</span></code></a> method.</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.WeakValueDictionary.valuerefs">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">WeakValueDictionary.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">valuerefs</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.WeakValueDictionary.valuerefs" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return an iterable of the weak references to the values.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.WeakSet">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">WeakSet</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">elements</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.WeakSet" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Set class that keeps weak references to its elements. An element will be
- discarded when no strong reference to it exists any more.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.WeakMethod">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">WeakMethod</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">method</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callback</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.WeakMethod" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A custom <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.ref" title="weakref.ref"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ref</span></code></a> subclass which simulates a weak reference to a bound
- method (i.e., a method defined on a class and looked up on an instance).
- Since a bound method is ephemeral, a standard weak reference cannot keep
- hold of it. <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakMethod" title="weakref.WeakMethod"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakMethod</span></code></a> has special code to recreate the bound
- method until either the object or the original function dies:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">C</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">method</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"method called!"</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">...</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">c</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">C</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">r</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">c</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">r</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">WeakMethod</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">c</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="go"><bound method C.method of <__main__.C object at 0x7fc859830220>></span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">()()</span>
- <span class="go">method called!</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">c</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">gc</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">collect</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="go">0</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>></span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p><em>callback</em> is the same as the parameter of the same name to the <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.ref" title="weakref.ref"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ref()</span></code></a> function.</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.finalize">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">finalize</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">func</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">/</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.finalize" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a callable finalizer object which will be called when <em>obj</em>
- is garbage collected. Unlike an ordinary weak reference, a finalizer
- will always survive until the reference object is collected, greatly
- simplifying lifecycle management.</p>
- <p>A finalizer is considered <em>alive</em> until it is called (either explicitly
- or at garbage collection), and after that it is <em>dead</em>. Calling a live
- finalizer returns the result of evaluating <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">func(*arg,</span> <span class="pre">**kwargs)</span></code>,
- whereas calling a dead finalizer returns <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>.</p>
- <p>Exceptions raised by finalizer callbacks during garbage collection
- will be shown on the standard error output, but cannot be
- propagated. They are handled in the same way as exceptions raised
- from an object’s <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__" title="object.__del__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__del__()</span></code></a> method or a weak reference’s
- callback.</p>
- <p>When the program exits, each remaining live finalizer is called
- unless its <a class="reference internal" href="atexit.html#module-atexit" title="atexit: Register and execute cleanup functions."><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">atexit</span></code></a> attribute has been set to false. They
- are called in reverse order of creation.</p>
- <p>A finalizer will never invoke its callback during the later part of
- the <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-interpreter-shutdown"><span class="xref std std-term">interpreter shutdown</span></a> when module globals are liable to have
- been replaced by <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>.</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.finalize.__call__">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">__call__</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.finalize.__call__" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>If <em>self</em> is alive then mark it as dead and return the result of
- calling <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">func(*args,</span> <span class="pre">**kwargs)</span></code>. If <em>self</em> is dead then return
- <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.finalize.detach">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">detach</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.finalize.detach" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>If <em>self</em> is alive then mark it as dead and return the tuple
- <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(obj,</span> <span class="pre">func,</span> <span class="pre">args,</span> <span class="pre">kwargs)</span></code>. If <em>self</em> is dead then return
- <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.finalize.peek">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">peek</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.finalize.peek" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>If <em>self</em> is alive then return the tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">(obj,</span> <span class="pre">func,</span> <span class="pre">args,</span>
- <span class="pre">kwargs)</span></code>. If <em>self</em> is dead then return <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.finalize.alive">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">alive</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.finalize.alive" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Property which is true if the finalizer is alive, false otherwise.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.finalize.atexit">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">atexit</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.finalize.atexit" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A writable boolean property which by default is true. When the
- program exits, it calls all remaining live finalizers for which
- <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.finalize.atexit" title="weakref.finalize.atexit"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">atexit</span></code></a> is true. They are called in reverse order of
- creation.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <div class="admonition note">
- <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
- <p>It is important to ensure that <em>func</em>, <em>args</em> and <em>kwargs</em> do
- not own any references to <em>obj</em>, either directly or indirectly,
- since otherwise <em>obj</em> will never be garbage collected. In
- particular, <em>func</em> should not be a bound method of <em>obj</em>.</p>
- </div>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.4.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.ReferenceType">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ReferenceType</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.ReferenceType" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The type object for weak references objects.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.ProxyType">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ProxyType</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.ProxyType" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The type object for proxies of objects which are not callable.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.CallableProxyType">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">CallableProxyType</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.CallableProxyType" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The type object for proxies of callable objects.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py data">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="weakref.ProxyTypes">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">weakref.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ProxyTypes</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#weakref.ProxyTypes" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Sequence containing all the type objects for proxies. This can make it simpler
- to test if an object is a proxy without being dependent on naming both proxy
- types.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <div class="admonition seealso">
- <p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
- <dl class="simple">
- <dt><span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0205/"><strong>PEP 205</strong></a> - Weak References</dt><dd><p>The proposal and rationale for this feature, including links to earlier
- implementations and information about similar features in other languages.</p>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </div>
- <section id="weak-reference-objects">
- <span id="weakref-objects"></span><h2>Weak Reference Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#weak-reference-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>Weak reference objects have no methods and no attributes besides
- <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.ref.__callback__" title="weakref.ref.__callback__"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ref.__callback__</span></code></a>. A weak reference object allows the referent to be
- obtained, if it still exists, by calling it:</p>
- <div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">weakref</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Object</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">pass</span>
- <span class="gp">...</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">o</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Object</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">r</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">o</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">o2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">r</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">o</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">o2</span>
- <span class="go">True</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>If the referent no longer exists, calling the reference object returns
- <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a>:</p>
- <div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">o</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">o2</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">r</span><span class="p">())</span>
- <span class="go">None</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>Testing that a weak reference object is still live should be done using the
- expression <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ref()</span> <span class="pre">is</span> <span class="pre">not</span> <span class="pre">None</span></code>. Normally, application code that needs to use
- a reference object should follow this pattern:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># r is a weak reference object</span>
- <span class="n">o</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">r</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">o</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="c1"># referent has been garbage collected</span>
- <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Object has been deallocated; can't frobnicate."</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"Object is still live!"</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">o</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">do_something_useful</span><span class="p">()</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>Using a separate test for “liveness” creates race conditions in threaded
- applications; another thread can cause a weak reference to become invalidated
- before the weak reference is called; the idiom shown above is safe in threaded
- applications as well as single-threaded applications.</p>
- <p>Specialized versions of <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.ref" title="weakref.ref"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ref</span></code></a> objects can be created through subclassing.
- This is used in the implementation of the <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.WeakValueDictionary" title="weakref.WeakValueDictionary"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WeakValueDictionary</span></code></a> to reduce
- the memory overhead for each entry in the mapping. This may be most useful to
- associate additional information with a reference, but could also be used to
- insert additional processing on calls to retrieve the referent.</p>
- <p>This example shows how a subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.ref" title="weakref.ref"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ref</span></code></a> can be used to store
- additional information about an object and affect the value that’s returned when
- the referent is accessed:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">weakref</span>
-
- <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">ExtendedRef</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ob</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">callback</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">annotations</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ob</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">callback</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__counter</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
- <span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">k</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">v</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">annotations</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">items</span><span class="p">():</span>
- <span class="nb">setattr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">k</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">v</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__call__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">"""Return a pair containing the referent and the number of</span>
- <span class="sd"> times the reference has been called.</span>
- <span class="sd"> """</span>
- <span class="n">ob</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">super</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="fm">__call__</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">ob</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__counter</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
- <span class="n">ob</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ob</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">__counter</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">ob</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </section>
- <section id="example">
- <span id="weakref-example"></span><h2>Example<a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>This simple example shows how an application can use object IDs to retrieve
- objects that it has seen before. The IDs of the objects can then be used in
- other data structures without forcing the objects to remain alive, but the
- objects can still be retrieved by ID if they do.</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">weakref</span>
-
- <span class="n">_id2obj_dict</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">WeakValueDictionary</span><span class="p">()</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">remember</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="n">oid</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">id</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">_id2obj_dict</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">oid</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">obj</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">oid</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">id2obj</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">oid</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">_id2obj_dict</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">oid</span><span class="p">]</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </section>
- <section id="finalizer-objects">
- <span id="finalize-examples"></span><h2>Finalizer Objects<a class="headerlink" href="#finalizer-objects" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>The main benefit of using <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.finalize" title="weakref.finalize"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">finalize</span></code></a> is that it makes it simple
- to register a callback without needing to preserve the returned finalizer
- object. For instance</p>
- <div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">weakref</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Object</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">pass</span>
- <span class="gp">...</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">kenny</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Object</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">kenny</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"You killed Kenny!"</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="go"><finalize object at ...; for 'Object' at ...></span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">kenny</span>
- <span class="go">You killed Kenny!</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>The finalizer can be called directly as well. However the finalizer
- will invoke the callback at most once.</p>
- <div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">callback</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">z</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"CALLBACK"</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">... </span> <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">x</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">y</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">z</span>
- <span class="gp">...</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">obj</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Object</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">callback</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">z</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">alive</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">6</span>
- <span class="go">CALLBACK</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">alive</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># callback not called because finalizer dead</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">obj</span> <span class="c1"># callback not called because finalizer dead</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>You can unregister a finalizer using its <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.finalize.detach" title="weakref.finalize.detach"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">detach()</span></code></a>
- method. This kills the finalizer and returns the arguments passed to
- the constructor when it was created.</p>
- <div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">obj</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Object</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">callback</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">z</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">detach</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="go">(<...Object object ...>, <function callback ...>, (1, 2), {'z': 3})</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">newobj</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">func</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">kwargs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">_</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">alive</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">newobj</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="n">obj</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="k">assert</span> <span class="n">func</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">args</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">6</span>
- <span class="go">CALLBACK</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>Unless you set the <a class="reference internal" href="#weakref.finalize.atexit" title="weakref.finalize.atexit"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">atexit</span></code></a> attribute to
- <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#False" title="False"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code></a>, a finalizer will be called when the program exits if it
- is still alive. For instance</p>
- <div class="highlight-pycon notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">obj</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Object</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">obj</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"obj dead or exiting"</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="go"><finalize object at ...; for 'Object' at ...></span>
- <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">exit</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="go">obj dead or exiting</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </section>
- <section id="comparing-finalizers-with-del-methods">
- <h2>Comparing finalizers with <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__" title="object.__del__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__del__()</span></code></a> methods<a class="headerlink" href="#comparing-finalizers-with-del-methods" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>Suppose we want to create a class whose instances represent temporary
- directories. The directories should be deleted with their contents
- when the first of the following events occurs:</p>
- <ul class="simple">
- <li><p>the object is garbage collected,</p></li>
- <li><p>the object’s <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">remove()</span></code> method is called, or</p></li>
- <li><p>the program exits.</p></li>
- </ul>
- <p>We might try to implement the class using a <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__" title="object.__del__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__del__()</span></code></a> method as
- follows:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TempDir</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">tempfile</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">mkdtemp</span><span class="p">()</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">shutil</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rmtree</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
-
- <span class="nd">@property</span>
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">removed</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="kc">None</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__del__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">remove</span><span class="p">()</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>Starting with Python 3.4, <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__" title="object.__del__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__del__()</span></code></a> methods no longer prevent
- reference cycles from being garbage collected, and module globals are
- no longer forced to <a class="reference internal" href="constants.html#None" title="None"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code></a> during <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-interpreter-shutdown"><span class="xref std std-term">interpreter shutdown</span></a>.
- So this code should work without any issues on CPython.</p>
- <p>However, handling of <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__" title="object.__del__"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__del__()</span></code></a> methods is notoriously implementation
- specific, since it depends on internal details of the interpreter’s garbage
- collector implementation.</p>
- <p>A more robust alternative can be to define a finalizer which only references
- the specific functions and objects that it needs, rather than having access
- to the full state of the object:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">TempDir</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="fm">__init__</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">tempfile</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">mkdtemp</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_finalizer</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">shutil</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rmtree</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">remove</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_finalizer</span><span class="p">()</span>
-
- <span class="nd">@property</span>
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">removed</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">_finalizer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">alive</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>Defined like this, our finalizer only receives a reference to the details
- it needs to clean up the directory appropriately. If the object never gets
- garbage collected the finalizer will still be called at exit.</p>
- <p>The other advantage of weakref based finalizers is that they can be used to
- register finalizers for classes where the definition is controlled by a
- third party, such as running code when a module is unloaded:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">weakref</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nn">sys</span>
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">unloading_module</span><span class="p">():</span>
- <span class="c1"># implicit reference to the module globals from the function body</span>
- <span class="n">weakref</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">finalize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sys</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">modules</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="vm">__name__</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="n">unloading_module</span><span class="p">)</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <div class="admonition note">
- <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
- <p>If you create a finalizer object in a daemonic thread just as the program
- exits then there is the possibility that the finalizer
- does not get called at exit. However, in a daemonic thread
- <a class="reference internal" href="atexit.html#atexit.register" title="atexit.register"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">atexit.register()</span></code></a>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">try:</span> <span class="pre">...</span> <span class="pre">finally:</span> <span class="pre">...</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">with:</span> <span class="pre">...</span></code>
- do not guarantee that cleanup occurs either.</p>
- </div>
- </section>
- </section>
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