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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/module.rst b/Doc/c-api/module.rst index a2541af..94c8d9f 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/module.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/module.rst @@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ or request "multi-phase initialization" by returning the definition struct itsel than 0 and the module state (as returned by :c:func:`PyModule_GetState`) is ``NULL``. + Like :c:member:`PyTypeObject.tp_clear`, this function is not *always* + called before a module is deallocated. For example, when reference + counting is enough to determine that an object is no longer used, + the cyclic garbage collector is not involved and + :c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_free` is called directly. + .. versionchanged:: 3.9 No longer called before the module state is allocated. |