https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3dbe02ccd3eefc48ac9fa14427bb4cdb82d1ebae
commit: 3dbe02ccd3eefc48ac9fa14427bb4cdb82d1ebae
branch: main
author: Peter Bierma <[email protected]>
committer: ZeroIntensity <[email protected]>
date: 2025-07-13T05:10:37-04:00
summary:
gh-132346: Docs: Clarify that reference counts aren't stable between versions
(GH-132352)
files:
M Doc/glossary.rst
diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 705b0a9279c6d4..199a917f9f101e 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -1208,6 +1208,11 @@ Glossary
:func:`sys.getrefcount` function to return the
reference count for a particular object.
+ In :term:`CPython`, reference counts are not considered to be stable
+ or well-defined values; the number of references to an object, and how
+ that number is affected by Python code, may be different between
+ versions.
+
regular package
A traditional :term:`package`, such as a directory containing an
``__init__.py`` file.
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