PyMongo: What happens to cursor when no_cursor_timeout=True

Question

Looking at the cursor docs for MongoDB, I don't see a way to delete a cursor. What happens in PyMongo if I am using a cursor with the no_cursor_timeout property set to True? Is the cursor deleted when my script terminates even if I have not gotten to the end of the cursor's results?

Answer 1

Python uses reference counting for object lifetime management, when the Cursor object goes out of scope the garbage collector would call __die() which closes the cursor. If you want explicit control, you can call close() by yourself.