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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2005-03-28 15:29:28 +0000
committerMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2005-03-28 15:29:28 +0000
commit0f9679d2b03b29cfcfd272f0d17bb1a6e88ae812 (patch)
tree7b6f3d50bdd21f36949a037aa2d10f37be84d4ec
parent8b8fb3db5a3dd7f2d2111d493f9dc94fff234eaa (diff)
downloadcpython-git-0f9679d2b03b29cfcfd272f0d17bb1a6e88ae812.tar.gz
Mention that DEBUG_LEAK includes DEBUG_SAVEALL. Fixes #1170460.
Will backport to 2.4.
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libgc.tex4
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libgc.tex b/Doc/lib/libgc.tex
index 30939f0bf0..e53e2a8490 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libgc.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libgc.tex
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ collector supplements the reference counting already used in Python, you
can disable the collector if you are sure your program does not create
reference cycles. Automatic collection can be disabled by calling
\code{gc.disable()}. To debug a leaking program call
-\code{gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)}.
+\code{gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)}. Notice that this includes
+\code{gc.DEBUG_SAVEALL}, causing garbage-collected objects to be
+saved in gc.garbage for inspection.
The \module{gc} module provides the following functions: