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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index 9f8d262..c266a77 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -986,10 +986,10 @@ instead. Also, when \method{__del__()} is invoked in response to a module being deleted (e.g., when execution of the program is done), other globals referenced by the \method{__del__()} method may already have been deleted. For this reason, \method{__del__()} methods should do the -absolute minimum needed to maintain external invariants. Python 1.5 -guarantees that globals whose name begins with a single underscore are -deleted from their module before other globals are deleted; if no -other references to such globals exist, this may help in assuring that +absolute minimum needed to maintain external invariants. Starting with +version 1.5, Python guarantees that globals whose name begins with a single +underscore are deleted from their module before other globals are deleted; +if no other references to such globals exist, this may help in assuring that imported modules are still available at the time when the \method{__del__()} method is called. \end{notice} |