https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f278b8fefca7ad5d0e95c4b5df39807a80cf821a commit: f278b8fefca7ad5d0e95c4b5df39807a80cf821a branch: 3.12 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: encukou <[email protected]> date: 2024-04-19T11:44:19+02:00 summary:
[3.12] gh-116935: Document that heap types need to support garbage collection (GH-118021) (GH-118092) gh-116935: Document that heap types need to support garbage collection (GH-118021) (cherry picked from commit 5d544365742a117027747306e2d4473f3b73d921) Co-authored-by: Savannah Ostrowski <[email protected]> files: M Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst index b30c22f4fddeba..f6d865f2f52219 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst @@ -1052,7 +1052,8 @@ and :c:data:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.) the type, and the type object is INCREF'ed when a new instance is created, and DECREF'ed when an instance is destroyed (this does not apply to instances of subtypes; only the type referenced by the instance's ob_type gets INCREF'ed or - DECREF'ed). + DECREF'ed). Heap types should also :ref:`support garbage collection <supporting-cycle-detection>` + as they can form a reference cycle with their own module object. **Inheritance:** _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
