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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt index a3d3558..fc41767 100644 --- a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt +++ b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt @@ -62,7 +62,16 @@ sys.getobjects(max[, type]) envar PYTHONDUMPREFS If this envar exists, Py_Finalize() arranges to print a list of - all still-live heap objects. + all still-live heap objects. This is printed twice, in different + formats, before and after Py_Finalize has cleaned up everything it + can clean up. The first output block produces the repr() of each + object so is more informative; however, a lot of stuff destined to + die is still alive then. The second output block is much harder + to work with (repr() can't be invoked anymore -- the interpreter + has been torn down too far), but doesn't list any objects that will + die. The tool script combinerefs.py can be run over this to combine + the info from both output blocks. The second output block, and + combinerefs.py, were new in Python 2.3b1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PYMALLOC_DEBUG introduced in 2.3 |