[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