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diff --git a/Doc/library/gc.rst b/Doc/library/gc.rst index 9ebbf06..65f0f39 100644 --- a/Doc/library/gc.rst +++ b/Doc/library/gc.rst @@ -140,6 +140,31 @@ The :mod:`gc` module provides the following functions: .. versionadded:: 2.3 +.. function:: is_tracked(obj) + + Returns True if the object is currently tracked by the garbage collector, + False otherwise. As a general rule, instances of atomic types aren't + tracked and instances of non-atomic types (containers, user-defined + objects...) are. However, some type-specific optimizations can be present + in order to suppress the garbage collector footprint of simple instances + (e.g. dicts containing only atomic keys and values):: + + >>> gc.is_tracked(0) + False + >>> gc.is_tracked("a") + False + >>> gc.is_tracked([]) + True + >>> gc.is_tracked({}) + False + >>> gc.is_tracked({"a": 1}) + False + >>> gc.is_tracked({"a": []}) + True + + .. versionadded:: 2.7 + + The following variable is provided for read-only access (you can mutate its value but should not rebind it): |