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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2010-10-12 23:06:22 (GMT) |
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| committer | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2010-10-12 23:06:22 (GMT) |
| commit | 582162e42ba4c944fa96c15a99de29ea96ea9ca3 (patch) | |
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r85392 | benjamin.peterson | 2010-10-12 17:57:59 -0500 (Tue, 12 Oct 2010) | 1 line
prefer clearing global objects to obscure module.__dict__ bugs #10068
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 3d1d26d..9643f2b 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -654,6 +654,13 @@ Modules Special read-only attribute: :attr:`__dict__` is the module's namespace as a dictionary object. + .. impl-detail:: + + Because of the way CPython clears module dictionaries, the module + dictionary will be cleared when the module falls out of scope even if the + dictionary still has live references. To avoid this, copy the dictionary + or keep the module around while using its dictionary directly. + .. index:: single: __name__ (module attribute) single: __doc__ (module attribute) |