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| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt index 3c10f37..0551c8e 100644 --- a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt +++ b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt @@ -42,12 +42,17 @@ Py_TRACE_REFS implies Py_REF_DEBUG. Special gimmicks: sys.getobjects(max[, type]) - Return list of the most-recently allocated max objects, most recently - allocated first in the list, least-recently allocated last in the - list. max=0 means no limit on list length. If an optional type - object is passed, the list is also restricted to objects of that - type. The return list itself, and some temp objects created just - to call sys.getobjects(), are excluded from the return list. + Return list of the (no more than) max most-recently allocated objects, + most recently allocated first in the list, least-recently allocated + last in the list. max=0 means no limit on list length. + If an optional type object is passed, the list is also restricted to + objects of that type. + The return list itself, and some temp objects created just to call + sys.getobjects(), are excluded from the return list. Note that the + list returned is just another object, though, so may appear in the + return list the next time you call getobjects(); note that every + object in the list is kept alive too, simply by virtue of being in + the list. envar PYTHONDUMPREFS If this envar exists, Py_Finalize() arranges to print a list of |