When is del useful in python?

Question

I can\'t really think of any reason why python needs the del keyword (and most languages seem to not have a similar keyword). For instance, rather than deletin

Answer 1

Using "del" explicitly is also better practice than assigning a variable to None. If you attempt to del a variable that doesn't exist, you'll get a runtime error but if you attempt to set a variable that doesn't exist to None, Python will silently set a new variable to None, leaving the variable you wanted deleted where it was. So del will help you catch your mistakes earlier