Changeset 391 for python/trunk/Doc/library/weakref.rst

Timestamp:

Mar 19, 2014, 11:31:01 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

dmik

Message:

python: Merge vendor 2.7.6 to trunk.

Location:

python/trunk

Files:

• . (modified) (1 prop)
• Doc/library/weakref.rst (modified) (3 diffs)

python/trunk/Doc/library/weakref.rst

@@ -11 +11 @@
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.1
+
+**Source code:** :source:`Lib/weakref.py`
+
+--------------
 
 The :mod:`weakref` module allows the Python programmer to create :dfn:`weak
@@ -50 +54 @@
 benefit of advanced uses.
 
-.. note::
-
-   Weak references to an object are cleared before the object's :meth:`__del__`
-   is called, to ensure that the weak reference callback (if any) finds the
-   object still alive.
-
 Not all objects can be weakly referenced; those objects which can include class
 instances, functions written in Python (but not in C), methods (both bound and
 unbound), sets, frozensets, file objects, :term:`generator`\s, type objects,
 :class:`DBcursor` objects from the :mod:`bsddb` module, sockets, arrays, deques,
-and regular expression pattern objects.
+regular expression pattern objects, and code objects.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 2.4
    Added support for files, sockets, arrays, and patterns.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 2.7
+   Added support for thread.lock, threading.Lock, and code objects.
 
 Several built-in types such as :class:`list` and :class:`dict` do not directly
@@ -205 +206 @@
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.5
+
+
+.. class:: WeakSet([elements])
+
+   Set class that keeps weak references to its elements.  An element will be
+   discarded when no strong reference to it exists any more.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.7