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What is the difference between del, del, and garbage collection?

Three distinct things people conflate: del x removes a NAME refcount -> 0 unreachable reclaimed __del__ finalizer runs <l

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Names, finalizers, reclamation.

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PYdel drops a name; __del__ fires on reclamation

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