[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Doc/lib libgc.tex,1.5,1.6

Tim Peters tim_one@users.sourceforge.net
Sat, 03 Nov 2001 11:57:23 -0800


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv31683/python/Doc/lib

Modified Files:
	libgc.tex 
Log Message:
Finish SF patch 477059:  __del__ on new classes vs. GC.
Just doc and NEWS here, about the change in gc.garbage meaning.


Index: libgc.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libgc.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.5
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -C2 -d -r1.5 -r1.6
*** libgc.tex	2000/10/04 16:34:08	1.5
--- libgc.tex	2001/11/03 19:57:21	1.6
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*** 84,88 ****
  \begin{datadesc}{garbage}
  A list of objects which the collector found to be unreachable
! but could not be freed (uncollectable objects).  Objects that have
  \method{__del__()} methods and create part of a reference cycle cause
  the entire reference cycle to be uncollectable.  If
--- 84,92 ----
  \begin{datadesc}{garbage}
  A list of objects which the collector found to be unreachable
! but could not be freed (uncollectable objects).  By default, this list
! contains only objects with \method{__del__()} methods.\footnote{Prior to
!   Python 2.2, the list contained all instance objects in unreachable
!   cycles,  not only those with \method{__del__()} methods.}
! Objects that have
  \method{__del__()} methods and create part of a reference cycle cause
  the entire reference cycle to be uncollectable.  If