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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2010-09-15 11:25:11 (GMT)
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@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ is exposed by the :mod:`weakref` module for the benefit of advanced uses.
Not all objects can be weakly referenced; those objects which can include class
instances, functions written in Python (but not in C), instance methods, sets,
-frozensets, file objects, :term:`generator`\s, type objects, sockets, arrays,
-deques, and regular expression pattern objects.
+frozensets, some :term:`file objects <file object>`, :term:`generator`\s, type
+objects, sockets, arrays, deques and regular expression pattern objects.
+
Several built-in types such as :class:`list` and :class:`dict` do not directly
support weak references but can add support through subclassing::