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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index dd10e6b..31d8fbb 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -45,9 +45,12 @@ allowed to postpone garbage collection or omit it altogether --- it is a matter of implementation quality how garbage collection is implemented, as long as no objects are collected that are still reachable. (Implementation note: the current implementation uses a -reference-counting scheme which collects most objects as soon as they -become unreachable, but never collects garbage containing circular -references.) +reference-counting scheme with (optional) delayed detection of +cyclicly linked garbage, which collects most objects as soon as they +become unreachable, but is not guaranteed to collect garbage +containing circular references. See the +\citetitle[../lib/module-gc.html]{Python Library Reference} for +information on controlling the collection of cyclic garbage.) \index{garbage collection} \index{reference counting} \index{unreachable object} |