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diff --git a/Doc/library/weakref.rst b/Doc/library/weakref.rst index 5a8df4c27d..1102c634ed 100644 --- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst +++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst @@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ support weak references but can add support through subclassing:: Extension types can easily be made to support weak references; see :ref:`weakref-support`. +When ``__slots__`` are defined for a given type, weak reference support is +disabled unless a ``'__weakref__'`` string is also present in the sequence of +strings in the ``__slots__`` declaration. +See :ref:`__slots__ documentation <slots>` for details. .. class:: ref(object[, callback]) |