Commit 1aea1dab authored by Gregory P. Smith's avatar Gregory P. Smith

Explicitly mention that people should not depend on immediate

finalization of  objects.
parents 7eecd224 f2b5673f
......@@ -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 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
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