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| author | David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> | 2012-06-22 18:55:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> | 2012-06-22 18:55:41 (GMT) |
| commit | 49526f48fc73d3ccdf09d466ed2d39a30e4df9b9 (patch) | |
| tree | 51ac80c4d09ca4a537518555710423675a6ac731 /Doc/library/sys.rst | |
| parent | 69cf913ba110de2eb773c030b1dd606456ac5831 (diff) | |
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Issue #14785: Add sys._debugmallocstats() to help debug low-level memory allocation issues
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index c7b3ea9..1516e3c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -106,6 +106,22 @@ always available. This function should be used for internal and specialized purposes only. +.. function:: _debugmallocstats() + + Print low-level information to stderr about the state of CPython's memory + allocator. + + If Python is configured --with-pydebug, it also performs some expensive + internal consistency checks. + + .. versionadded:: 3.3 + + .. impl-detail:: + + This function is specific to CPython. The exact output format is not + defined here, and may change. + + .. data:: dllhandle Integer specifying the handle of the Python DLL. Availability: Windows. |