On Fri, 25 May 2012 10:21:39 -0700 Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > I'd like to make a slight doc change for weakref to state (more or less): > > weakrefs are not invalidated when the strong refs > are gone, but rather when garbage collection > reclaims the object > > Should this be accurate for all implementations, or should it be more > along the lines of: > > weakrefs may be invalidated as soon as the strong refs > are gone, but may last until garbage collection reclaims > the object
How about: weakrefs are invalidated when the object is destroyed, either as a product of all the strong references being gone or the object being reclaimed by the :term:`cyclic garbage collector <garbage collection>`. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
