From a2f2a0f513c634ce5c4ebc8ad8ff4ecf422f7172 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Viktorin Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:22:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Reword the glossary term "immortal", mark int as an implementation detail --- Doc/glossary.rst | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 281dde30dc78ed..d9f9392c327f5c 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -590,14 +590,12 @@ Glossary which ships with the standard distribution of Python. immortal - If an object is immortal, its reference count is never modified, and - therefore it is never deallocated. + *Immortal objects* are a CPython implementation detail introduced + in :pep:`683`. - Built-in strings and singletons are immortal objects. For example, - :const:`True` and :const:`None` singletons are immortal. - - See `PEP 683 – Immortal Objects, Using a Fixed Refcount - `_ for more information. + If an object is immortal, its :term:`reference count` is never modified, + and therefore it is never deallocated while the interpreter is running. + For example, :const:`True` and :const:`None` are immortal in CPython. immutable An object with a fixed value. Immutable objects include numbers, strings and