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@@ -1667,6 +1667,8 @@ Basic customization
It is not guaranteed that :meth:`__del__` methods are called for objects
that still exist when the interpreter exits.
+ :class:`weakref.finalize` provides a straightforward way to register
+ a cleanup function to be called when an object is garbage collected.
.. note::