Fix: bt2: adjust reference counting of value objects

[babeltrace.git] / src / bindings / python / bt2 / bt2 / object.py

diff --git a/src/bindings/python/bt2/bt2/object.py b/src/bindings/python/bt2/bt2/object.py
index 218965de7799762839cae6120696a55ff21023b7..f73ec04bb67074573de5ee189e7a07f749c4e748 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bindings/python/bt2/bt2/object.py
+++ b/src/bindings/python/bt2/bt2/object.py
@@ -127,12 +127,5 @@ class _SharedObject(_BaseObject):
         cls._get_ref(obj._ptr)
         return obj
 
-    def _release(self):
-        """Return the wrapped pointer, transfer its ownership to the
-        caller."""
-        ptr = self._ptr
-        self._ptr = None
-        return ptr
-
     def __del__(self):
         self._put_ref(self._ptr)