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from collections import defaultdict
import weakref

class KeepRefs(object):
    __refs__ = defaultdict(list)
    def __init__(self):
        self.__refs__[self.__class__].append(weakref.ref(self))

    @classmethod
    def get_instances(cls):
        for inst_ref in cls.__refs__[cls]:
            inst = inst_ref()
            if inst is not None:
                yield inst

class X(KeepRefs):
    def __init__(self, name):
        super(X, self).__init__()
        self.name = name

x = X("x")
y = X("y")
for r in X.get_instances():
    print r.name
del y
for r in X.get_instances():
    print r.name