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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libgc.tex | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 5 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgc.tex b/Doc/lib/libgc.tex index cfd563c..589bcb1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libgc.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libgc.tex @@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ The following variable is provided for read-only access: \begin{datadesc}{garbage} A list of objects which the collector found to be unreachable -but could not be freed (uncollectable objects). Objects that have +but could not be freed (uncollectable objects). By default, this list +contains only objects with \method{__del__()} methods.\footnote{Prior to + Python 2.2, the list contained all instance objects in unreachable + cycles, not only those with \method{__del__()} methods.} +Objects that have \method{__del__()} methods and create part of a reference cycle cause the entire reference cycle to be uncollectable. If \constant{DEBUG_SAVEALL} is set, then all unreachable objects will @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Core and builtins Extension modules +- By default, the gc.garbage list now contains only those instances in + unreachable cycles that have __del__ methods; in 2.1 it contained all + instances in unreachable cycles. "Instances" here has been generalized + to include instances of both new-style and old-style classes. + - The socket module defines a new method for socket objects, sendall(). This is like send() but may make multiple calls to send() until all data has been sent. Also, the socket function has |