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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>2011-03-10 19:28:50 (GMT)
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>2011-03-10 19:28:50 (GMT)
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Reword the finalization note.
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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 write code that depends on immediate finalization of objects
- when they become unreachable (ex: always close your files).
+ 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