From ba3ff1ba7ba9b3920bafc1722c62b8abdb77b93c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:36:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix the docstring for sys.getrefcount(). Closes SF bug #571759. --- Python/sysmodule.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c index 04c643f38952..ebf7f39ea0f2 100644 --- a/Python/sysmodule.c +++ b/Python/sysmodule.c @@ -482,8 +482,9 @@ sys_gettotalrefcount(PyObject *self) PyDoc_STRVAR(getrefcount_doc, "getrefcount(object) -> integer\n\ \n\ -Return the current reference count for the object. This includes the\n\ -temporary reference in the argument list, so it is at least 2." +Return the reference count of object. The count returned is generally\n\ +one higher than you might expect, because it includes the (temporary)\n\ +reference as an argument to getrefcount()." ); #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS