Commit 3c3ab22d authored by Richard Oudkerk's avatar Richard Oudkerk

Issue #15412: Remove erroneous note about weakrefs

parent c5bef75c
...@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ own weak references directly. The low-level machinery used by the weak ...@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ own weak references directly. The low-level machinery used by the weak
dictionary implementations is exposed by the :mod:`weakref` module for the dictionary implementations is exposed by the :mod:`weakref` module for the
benefit of advanced uses. benefit of advanced uses.
.. note::
Weak references to an object are cleared before the object's :meth:`__del__`
is called, to ensure that the weak reference callback (if any) finds the
object still alive.
Not all objects can be weakly referenced; those objects which can include class Not all objects can be weakly referenced; those objects which can include class
instances, functions written in Python (but not in C), methods (both bound and instances, functions written in Python (but not in C), methods (both bound and
unbound), sets, frozensets, file objects, :term:`generator`\s, type objects, unbound), sets, frozensets, file objects, :term:`generator`\s, type objects,
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