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Author stw
Recipients pitrou, stw
Date 2012-05-25.23:49:50
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> So the tuple is linked-in to the garbage collection list before its
> contents are constructed?

> It is. It typically happens when you do (in C code):

Ok, thanks. I couldn't see how a tuple could be created before its contents in python code, but it is clearly possible in C.


I have written up some documentation on how untracking is handled in the gc - please see the attached patch. It summarises our discussion and some of the posts in issue #4688.
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