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| author | Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> | 2011-03-10 19:25:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org> | 2011-03-10 19:25:44 (GMT) |
| commit | c60137b2729745defea74e7f957d8e11ba73132f (patch) | |
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Explicitly mention that people should not depend on immediate
finalization of objects in the language reference.
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 5c32f85..1126944 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ are still reachable. containing circular references. See the documentation of the :mod:`gc` module for information on controlling the collection of cyclic garbage. Other implementations act differently and CPython may change. + Do not write code that depends on immediate finalization of objects + when they become unreachable (ex: always close your files). Note that the use of the implementation's tracing or debugging facilities may keep objects alive that would normally be collectable. Also note that catching |