From 28d57c0d5cb52d09091949e0494e19bd2f0459f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:49:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Explicitly mention that people should not depend on finalization of objects to happen immediately. --- Doc/reference/datamodel.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index ddffbb3f42..41f6a77cf5 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ 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 depend on immediate finalization of objects when they become + unreachable (ex: always close 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 -- 2.50.1