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gh-132346: Docs: Clarify that reference counts aren't stable between versions #132352

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions 6 Doc/glossary.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1202,6 +1202,12 @@ Glossary
:func:`sys.getrefcount` function to return the
reference count for a particular object.

In :term:`CPython`, reference counts are not considered to be stable
or well-defined values; the number of references to an object, and how
that number is affected by Python code, may be different between
versions. Consequently, don't rely on an object's reference count to be
a value other than 0 or 1.

regular package
A traditional :term:`package`, such as a directory containing an
``__init__.py`` file.
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