if supported by the runtime. In the :term:`free-threaded <free threading>` build,
this allows the interpreter to avoid reference count adjustments to *obj*,
which may improve multi-threaded performance. The tradeoff is
- that *obj* will only be deallocated by the tracing garbage collector.
+ that *obj* will only be deallocated by the tracing garbage collector, and
+ not when the interpreter no longer has any references to it.
- This function returns ``1`` if deferred reference counting is enabled on *obj*
- (including when it was enabled before the call),
+ This function returns ``1`` if deferred reference counting is enabled on *obj*,
and ``0`` if deferred reference counting is not supported or if the hint was
- ignored by the runtime. This function is thread-safe, and cannot fail.
+ ignored by the interpreter, such as when deferred reference counting is already
+ enabled on *obj*. This function is thread-safe, and cannot fail.
This function does nothing on builds with the :term:`GIL` enabled, which do
not support deferred reference counting. This also does nothing if *obj* is not
:c:func:`PyObject_GC_IsTracked`).
This function is intended to be used soon after *obj* is created,
- by the code that creates it.
+ by the code that creates it, such as in the object's :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_new`
+ slot.
.. versionadded:: 3.14