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Title: garbage collector still documented as optional
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 2.4
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: rhettinger Nosy List: greg_ball, rhettinger
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2004-12-27 15:38 by greg_ball, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg23826 - (view) Author: Gregory H. Ball (greg_ball) Date: 2004-12-27 15:38
Section 3.2 of the library reference, first paragraph, says
"The gc module is only available if the interpreter was
built with the optional cyclic garbage detector"

However according to Misc/NEWS, "Compiling out the
cyclic garbage collector is no longer an option" as of
Python 2.3 alpha 1.

msg23827 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2005-01-07 00:51
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Fixed.

Thanks for the report.
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