Garbage in, Garbage out?

garbageclass.py

class tester(object):
    def __init__(self, val):
        self.val = val
        print 'created in %s' % self.val

    def __del__(self):
        print 'deleted'

cache = {}
def f1():
    print 'in f1'
    t = tester('f1')
    cache['tdict'] = t

def f2():
    print 'in f2'
    print type(cache['tdict'])

f1()
f2()