In article <mailman.6325.1391403799.18130.python-list at python.org>, Dave Angel <davea at davea.name> wrote: > Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> Wrote in message: > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 9:14 PM, Dave Angel <davea at davea.name> wrote: > >> And when the q-bits get entangled up, we won't know the question > >> till after the answer has collapsed. > > > > Won't looking at the answer change it? > > >> No, looking at it is what collapses it. Before that it was just > another Schroedinger's cat So, what you're saying is when I delete an object, __del__() has both been called and not been called?