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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2016-07-03 18:03:53 (GMT)
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Issue #23034: The output of a special Python build with defined COUNT_ALLOCS,
SHOW_ALLOC_COUNT or SHOW_TRACK_COUNT macros is now off by default. It can be re-enabled using the "-X showalloccount" option. It now outputs to stderr instead of stdout.
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@@ -397,6 +397,8 @@ Miscellaneous options
stored in a traceback of a trace. Use ``-X tracemalloc=NFRAME`` to start
tracing with a traceback limit of *NFRAME* frames. See the
:func:`tracemalloc.start` for more information.
+ * ``-X showalloccount`` to enable the output of the total count of allocated
+ objects for each type (only works when built with ``COUNT_ALLOCS`` defined);
It also allows passing arbitrary values and retrieving them through the
:data:`sys._xoptions` dictionary.
@@ -410,6 +412,9 @@ Miscellaneous options
.. versionadded:: 3.4
The ``-X showrefcount`` and ``-X tracemalloc`` options.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.6
+ The ``-X showalloccount`` option.
+
Options you shouldn't use
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~