From: Pablo Galindo <Pablogsal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 21:56:40 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update what's new with the latest GC improvements (GH-17708)
X-Git-Tag: v3.9.0a3~189
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f460eea5c5cd555dfdc29558cb990addc5bd35aa;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Update what's new with the latest GC improvements (GH-17708)
---

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
index 64361bb17f8a..b315604af511 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ Added constants :data:`~fcntl.F_OFD_GETLK`, :data:`~fcntl.F_OFD_SETLK`
 and :data:`~fcntl.F_OFD_SETLKW`.
 (Contributed by Dong-hee Na in :issue:`38602`.)
 
+gc
+--
+
+When the garbage collector makes a collection in which some objects resurrect
+(they are reachable from outside the isolated cycles after the finalizers have
+been executed), do not block the collection of all objects that are still
+unreachable. (Contributed by Pablo Galindo and Tim Peters in :issue:`38379`.)
+
 os
 --