From: Gregory P. Smith Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:25:44 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Explicitly mention that people should not depend on immediate X-Git-Tag: v3.2.1b1~330^2~1 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c60137b2729745defea74e7f957d8e11ba73132f;p=python Explicitly mention that people should not depend on immediate finalization of objects in the language reference. --- diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 5c32f85680..1126944341 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ are still reachable. containing circular references. See the documentation of the :mod:`gc` module for information on controlling the collection of cyclic garbage. Other implementations act differently and CPython may change. + Do not write code that depends on immediate finalization of objects + when they become unreachable (ex: always close your files). Note that the use of the implementation's tracing or debugging facilities may keep objects alive that would normally be collectable. Also note that catching