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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index 22be62e..5ff7178 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -380,6 +380,21 @@ always available. .. versionadded:: 3.1 +.. function:: getallocatedblocks() + + Return the number of memory blocks currently allocated by the interpreter, + regardless of their size. This function is mainly useful for tracking + and debugging memory leaks. Because of the interpreter's internal + caches, the result can vary from call to call; you may have to call + :func:`_clear_type_cache()` and :func:`gc.collect()` to get more + predictable results. + + If a Python build or implementation cannot reasonably compute this + information, :func:`getallocatedblocks()` is allowed to return 0 instead. + + .. versionadded:: 3.4 + + .. function:: getcheckinterval() Return the interpreter's "check interval"; see :func:`setcheckinterval`. @@ -396,9 +411,10 @@ always available. .. function:: getdlopenflags() - Return the current value of the flags that are used for :c:func:`dlopen` calls. - The flag constants are defined in the :mod:`ctypes` and :mod:`DLFCN` modules. - Availability: Unix. + Return the current value of the flags that are used for + :c:func:`dlopen` calls. Symbolic names for the flag values can be + found in the :mod:`os` module (``RTLD_xxx`` constants, e.g. + :data:`os.RTLD_LAZY`). Availability: Unix. .. function:: getfilesystemencoding() @@ -577,9 +593,20 @@ always available. | :const:`imag` | multiplier used for the imaginary part of a | | | complex number | +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + | :const:`algorithm` | name of the algorithm for hashing of str, bytes, | + | | and memoryview | + +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + | :const:`hash_bits` | internal output size of the hash algorithm | + +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + | :const:`seed_bits` | size of the seed key of the hash algorithm | + +---------------------+--------------------------------------------------+ + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + .. versionchanged: 3.4 + Added *algorithm*, *hash_bits* and *seed_bits* + .. data:: hexversion @@ -663,6 +690,16 @@ always available. .. versionadded:: 3.1 +.. data:: __interactivehook__ + + When present, this function is automatically called (with no arguments) + when the interpreter is launched in :ref:`interactive mode <tut-interactive>`. + This is done after the :envvar:`PYTHONSTARTUP` file is read, so that you + can set this hook there. + + .. versionadded:: 3.4 + + .. function:: intern(string) Enter *string* in the table of "interned" strings and return the interned string @@ -810,8 +847,6 @@ always available. Windows ``'win32'`` Windows/Cygwin ``'cygwin'`` Mac OS X ``'darwin'`` - OS/2 ``'os2'`` - OS/2 EMX ``'os2emx'`` ================ =========================== .. versionchanged:: 3.3 @@ -882,7 +917,7 @@ always available. the interpreter loads extension modules. Among other things, this will enable a lazy resolving of symbols when importing a module, if called as ``sys.setdlopenflags(0)``. To share symbols across extension modules, call as - ``sys.setdlopenflags(os.RTLD_GLOBAL)``. Symbolic names for the flag modules + ``sys.setdlopenflags(os.RTLD_GLOBAL)``. Symbolic names for the flag values can be found in the :mod:`os` module (``RTLD_xxx`` constants, e.g. :data:`os.RTLD_LAZY`). @@ -1092,7 +1127,6 @@ always available. | :const:`name` | Name of the thread implementation: | | | | | | * ``'nt'``: Windows threads | - | | * ``'os2'``: OS/2 threads | | | * ``'pthread'``: POSIX threads | | | * ``'solaris'``: Solaris threads | +------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ |