[Python-checkins] (2.7): Explicitly mention that people should not depend on finalization of

Thu Mar 10 20:50:10 CET 2011

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c4faea5341c9
changeset: 68354:c4faea5341c9
branch: 2.7
parent: 68345:a7412744822d
user: Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org>
date: Thu Mar 10 11:49:27 2011 -0800
summary:
 Explicitly mention that people should not depend on finalization of
objects to happen immediately.
files:
 Doc/reference/datamodel.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 containing circular references. See the documentation of the :mod:`gc`
 module for information on controlling the collection of cyclic garbage.
 Other implementations act differently and CPython may change.
+ Do not depend on immediate finalization of objects when they become
+ unreachable (ex: always close files).
 
 Note that the use of the implementation's tracing or debugging facilities may
 keep objects alive that would normally be collectable. Also note that catching
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
