From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 18:03:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention warning for exception in __del__.
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Mention warning for exception in __del__.
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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index d1e8b6395c58..ca3525ae068d 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ reference to it.  It may then be called at a later time when this new
 reference is deleted.  It is not guaranteed that
 \code{__del__} methods are called for objects that still exist when
 the interpreter exits.
+If an exception occurs in a \code{__del__} method, it is ignored, and
+a warning is printed on stderr.
 \ttindex{__del__}
 \stindex{del}
 
diff --git a/Doc/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref3.tex
index d1e8b6395c58..ca3525ae068d 100644
--- a/Doc/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref3.tex
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ reference to it.  It may then be called at a later time when this new
 reference is deleted.  It is not guaranteed that
 \code{__del__} methods are called for objects that still exist when
 the interpreter exits.
+If an exception occurs in a \code{__del__} method, it is ignored, and
+a warning is printed on stderr.
 \ttindex{__del__}
 \stindex{del}