From 5d544365742a117027747306e2d4473f3b73d921 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Savannah Ostrowski Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 02:29:23 -0700 Subject: gh-116935: Document that heap types need to support garbage collection (GH-118021) --- Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst index e66ab01..1105b94 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst @@ -1034,7 +1034,8 @@ and :c:data:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.) the type, and the type object is INCREF'ed when a new instance is created, and DECREF'ed when an instance is destroyed (this does not apply to instances of subtypes; only the type referenced by the instance's ob_type gets INCREF'ed or - DECREF'ed). + DECREF'ed). Heap types should also :ref:`support garbage collection ` + as they can form a reference cycle with their own module object. **Inheritance:** -- cgit v0.12