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Author	rgov
Recipients	docs@python, rgov
Date	2020-12-02.15:18:59
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Message-id	<1606922339.94.0.698325525788.issue42542@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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The documentation for weakref.proxy() does not describe how the proxy object behaves when the object it references is gone. The apparent behavior is that it raises a ReferenceError when an attribute of the proxy object is accessed. It would probably be a good idea to describe what the proxy object does in general, for those who are unfamiliar with the concept: attribute accesses on the proxy object are forwarded to the referenced object, if it exists.

The documentation for weakref.proxy() does not describe how the proxy object behaves when the object it references is gone.

The apparent behavior is that it raises a ReferenceError when an attribute of the proxy object is accessed.

It would probably be a good idea to describe what the proxy object does in general, for those who are unfamiliar with the concept: attribute accesses on the proxy object are forwarded to the referenced object, if it exists.

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Date	User	Action	Args
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2020-12-02 15:18:59	rgov	create