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| author | Armin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org> | 2003-10-28 12:10:38 (GMT) |
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| committer | Armin Rigo <arigo@tunes.org> | 2003-10-28 12:10:38 (GMT) |
| commit | 3be6d5d3204165247d0fd0751797c5c9ee4fbc1d (patch) | |
| tree | f084e47da44f181b3a80660582d5b88ecdbff48b | |
| parent | 2b3eb4062c5e50abf854f7e68038243ca7c07217 (diff) | |
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Documented gc.get_referrers() as dangerous.
SF bug 793822
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgc.tex b/Doc/lib/libgc.tex index 2477584..f256434 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libgc.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libgc.tex @@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ be listed among the resulting referrers. To get only currently live objects, call \function{collect()} before calling \function{get_referrers()}. +Care must be taken when using objects returned by +\function{get_referrers()} because some of them could still be under +construction and hence in a temporarily invalid state. Avoid using +\function{get_referrers()} for any purpose other than debugging. + \versionadded{2.2} \end{funcdesc} |