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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2001-10-23 01:59:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2001-10-23 01:59:54 +0000 |
| commit | 98791affc8d04ea7ad0303d67b6666b27bbd4bb7 (patch) | |
| tree | 30da9a1e4bd57e78840d06660b5a9939efe314ce | |
| parent | fd14d8e18723665578efe0a1416b134906075b78 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-98791affc8d04ea7ad0303d67b6666b27bbd4bb7.tar.gz | |
Doc and NEWS changes due to Jeremy adding traceback objects to gc.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libsys.tex | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index 4059e02de4..895ba91184 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ It is always available. exception type and value. If you do need the traceback, make sure to delete it after use (best done with a \keyword{try} ... \keyword{finally} statement) or to call \function{exc_info()} in - a function that does not itself handle an exception.} + a function that does not itself handle an exception.} \note{Beginning + with Python 2.2, such cycles are automatically reclaimed when garbage + collection is enabled and they become unreachable, but it remains more + efficient to avoid creating cycles.} \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{exc_type} @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Extension modules Library +- Traceback objects are now scanned by cyclic garbage collection, so + cycles created by casual use of sys.exc_info() no longer cause + permanent memory leaks (provided garbage collection is enabled). + Tools/Demos Build |