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| author | Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> | 2011-03-10 19:34:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> | 2011-03-10 19:34:52 (GMT) |
| commit | 1aea1dabe527ae35006671c0eb8879042e398088 (patch) | |
| tree | 1ddc0d54610c216756ab95e4135df1cfd0ba23d7 | |
| parent | 7eecd224111c51b3ebf3761b62588edc768bb5e3 (diff) | |
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Explicitly mention that people should not depend on immediate
finalization of objects.
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index e24a8e7..d3fb2c8 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ are still reachable. containing circular references. See the documentation of the :mod:`gc` module for information on controlling the collection of cyclic garbage. Other implementations act differently and CPython may change. + Do not depend on immediate finalization of objects when they become + unreachable (ex: always close files). Note that the use of the implementation's tracing or debugging facilities may keep objects alive that would normally be collectable. Also note that catching |