GC in python: what will this behave?

A python class A:

a = A()
array.append(a)

... some operation triggers a's method b()

in a.b():

array.remove(self);
# will开发者_运维技巧 this make the self be freed? as the only reference has been removed from array.
# access the a's data...

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While the method is executing, you still have a reference(self) to a .

Only once the method completes is a eligible for collection.