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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libweakref.tex b/Doc/lib/libweakref.tex index 840b674..fc949e6 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libweakref.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libweakref.tex @@ -147,6 +147,24 @@ information. to vanish "by magic" (as a side effect of garbage collection).} \end{classdesc} +\class{WeakKeyDictionary} objects have the following additional +methods. These expose the internal references directly. The +references are not guaranteed to be ``live'' at the time they are +used, so the result of calling the references needs to be checked +before being used. This can be used to avoid creating references that +will cause the garbage collector to keep the keys around longer than +needed. + +\begin{methoddesc}{iterkeyrefs}{} + Return an iterator that yields the weak references to the keys. + \versionadded{2.5} +\end{methoddesc} + +\begin{methoddesc}{keyrefs}{} + Return a list of weak references to the keys. + \versionadded{2.5} +\end{methoddesc} + \begin{classdesc}{WeakValueDictionary}{\optional{dict}} Mapping class that references values weakly. Entries in the dictionary will be discarded when no strong reference to the value @@ -160,6 +178,21 @@ information. to vanish "by magic" (as a side effect of garbage collection).} \end{classdesc} +\class{WeakValueDictionary} objects have the following additional +methods. These method have the same issues as the +\method{iterkeyrefs()} and \method{keyrefs()} methods of +\class{WeakKeyDictionary} objects. + +\begin{methoddesc}{itervaluerefs}{} + Return an iterator that yields the weak references to the values. + \versionadded{2.5} +\end{methoddesc} + +\begin{methoddesc}{valuerefs}{} + Return a list of weak references to the values. + \versionadded{2.5} +\end{methoddesc} + \begin{datadesc}{ReferenceType} The type object for weak references objects. \end{datadesc} |