[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-571759 ] sys.getrefcount()==1 is possible

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Bugs item #571759, was opened at 2002-06-20 14:41
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Gregory Smith (gregsmith)
Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: sys.getrefcount()==1 is possible

Initial Comment:
the __doc__ for sys.getrefcount says
"This includes the temporary reference in the argument
list, so it is at least 2."

However, 
sys.getrefcount(  ('some', 'new', 'object') )

returns 1, either at the interpreter or when run  in a
script. Tested on 2.2,
but it happens on 1.5 also.

Is this nit-picking?

Greg



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>Comment By: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Date: 2002-06-20 17:37

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Yes, this is nitpicking, but that's ok -- documentation has
to be right too!

Fixed in Python/sysmodule.c revisions 2.105 and 2.98.6.5.

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