https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9625de6fab4597bcd04ec390b680b053b05... commit: 9625de6fab4597bcd04ec390b680b053b0533816 branch: main author: da-woods <dw-git@d-woods.co.uk> committer: methane <songofacandy@gmail.com> date: 2022-08-30T17:31:14+09:00 summary: Doc: Update Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE in docs (GH-96273) It is now deprecated and the docs should reflect that. files: M Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst index dfe91ee358d0..20cdffed110c 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst @@ -2005,9 +2005,6 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.) PyErr_Restore(error_type, error_value, error_traceback); } - For this field to be taken into account (even through inheritance), - you must also set the :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE` flags bit. - Also, note that, in a garbage collected Python, :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_dealloc` may be called from any Python thread, not just the thread which created the object (if the object @@ -2025,6 +2022,12 @@ and :c:type:`PyType_Type` effectively act as defaults.) .. versionadded:: 3.4 + .. versionchanged:: 3.8 + + Before version 3.8 it was necessary to set the + :const:`Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_FINALIZE` flags bit in order for this field to be + used. This is no longer required. + .. seealso:: "Safe object finalization" (:pep:`442`)