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diff --git a/Doc/ext/extending.tex b/Doc/ext/extending.tex index a0a0440..0051a02 100644 --- a/Doc/ext/extending.tex +++ b/Doc/ext/extending.tex @@ -1248,10 +1248,12 @@ The cycle detector is able to detect garbage cycles and can reclaim them so long as there are no finalizers implemented in Python (\method{__del__()} methods). When there are such finalizers, the detector exposes the cycles through the \ulink{\module{gc} -module}{../lib/module-gc.html}. The \module{gc} module also exposes +module}{../lib/module-gc.html} (specifically, the \code{garbage} +variable in that module). The \module{gc} module also exposes a way +to run the detector (the \function{collect()} function), as well as configuration interfaces and the ability to disable the detector at runtime. The cycle detector is considered an optional component; -though it is included by default, it can be disabled at compile time +though it is included by default, it can be disabled at build time using the \longprogramopt{without-cycle-gc} option to the \program{configure} script on \UNIX{} platforms (including Mac OS X) or by removing the definition of \code{WITH_CYCLE_GC} in the |