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authorPablo Galindo <Pablogsal@gmail.com>2019-12-26 21:56:40 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-12-26 21:56:40 (GMT)
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Update what's new with the latest GC improvements (GH-17708)
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@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ Added constants :data:`~fcntl.F_OFD_GETLK`, :data:`~fcntl.F_OFD_SETLK`
and :data:`~fcntl.F_OFD_SETLKW`.
(Contributed by Dong-hee Na in :issue:`38602`.)
+gc
+--
+
+When the garbage collector makes a collection in which some objects resurrect
+(they are reachable from outside the isolated cycles after the finalizers have
+been executed), do not block the collection of all objects that are still
+unreachable. (Contributed by Pablo Galindo and Tim Peters in :issue:`38379`.)
+
os
--