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authorda-woods <dw-git@d-woods.co.uk>2022-08-30 08:31:14 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-08-30 08:31:14 (GMT)
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Doc: Update Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE in docs (GH-96273)
It is now deprecated and the docs should reflect that.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
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@@ -2005,9 +2005,6 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback);
}
- For this field to be taken into account (even through inheritance),
- you must also set the :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE` flags bit.
-
Also, note that, in a garbage collected Python,
:c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_dealloc` may be called from
any Python thread, not just the thread which created the object (if the object
@@ -2025,6 +2022,12 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.)
.. versionadded:: 3.4
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+
+ Before version 3.8 it was necessary to set the
+ :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE` flags bit in order for this field to be
+ used. This is no longer required.
+
.. seealso:: "Safe object finalization" (:pep:`442`)