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diff --git a/Doc/library/weakref.rst b/Doc/library/weakref.rst index cc883b1b51..0470bd113a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst +++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ .. module:: weakref :synopsis: Support for weak references and weak dictionaries. + .. moduleauthor:: Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@acm.org> .. moduleauthor:: Neil Schemenauer <nas@arctrix.com> .. moduleauthor:: Martin von Löwis <martin@loewis.home.cs.tu-berlin.de> @@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ These method have the same issues as the and :meth:`keyrefs` method of are called in reverse order of creation. A finalizer will never invoke its callback during the later part of - the interpreter shutdown when module globals are liable to have + the :term:`interpreter shutdown` when module globals are liable to have been replaced by :const:`None`. .. method:: __call__() @@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ These method have the same issues as the and :meth:`keyrefs` method of .. seealso:: - :pep:`0205` - Weak References + :pep:`205` - Weak References The proposal and rationale for this feature, including links to earlier implementations and information about similar features in other languages. @@ -527,8 +528,8 @@ follows:: Starting with Python 3.4, :meth:`__del__` methods no longer prevent reference cycles from being garbage collected, and module globals are -no longer forced to :const:`None` during interpreter shutdown. So this -code should work without any issues on CPython. +no longer forced to :const:`None` during :term:`interpreter shutdown`. +So this code should work without any issues on CPython. However, handling of :meth:`__del__` methods is notoriously implementation specific, since it depends on internal details of the interpreter's garbage |