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authorAntoine Pitrou <pitrou@free.fr>2017-12-19 18:48:45 (GMT)
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bpo-32377: improve __del__ docs and fix mention about resurrection (#4927)
* Fix #32377: improve __del__ docs and fix mention about resurrection * Mention that CPython only calls __del__ once.
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garbage collection
The process of freeing memory when it is not used anymore. Python
performs garbage collection via reference counting and a cyclic garbage
- collector that is able to detect and break reference cycles.
+ collector that is able to detect and break reference cycles. The
+ garbage collector can be controlled using the :mod:`gc` module.
.. index:: single: generator