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diff --git a/Doc/library/gc.rst b/Doc/library/gc.rst index 99504c6..7c425e3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/gc.rst +++ b/Doc/library/gc.rst @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ The :mod:`gc` module provides the following functions: :exc:`ValueError` is raised if the generation number is invalid. The number of unreachable objects found is returned. + The free lists maintained for a number of builtin types are cleared + whenever a full collection or collection of the highest generation (2) + is run. Not all items in some free lists may be freed due to the + particular implementation, in particular :class:`float`. + .. function:: set_debug(flags) |