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+digraph "Life Events" {
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+     fontsize=12.0
+     id="life_events_graph"
+     layout="dot"
+     margin="0,0"
+     ranksep=0.25
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+   ]
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+     fontsize=12.0
+   ]
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+   {
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+     "tp_alloc" [href="typeobj.html#c.PyTypeObject.tp_alloc" target="_top"]
+   }
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+     target="_top"
+   ]
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+     ordering="in"
+     shape=diamond
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+   ]
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+     ordering="in"
+     target="_top"
+   ]
+   "tp_clear" [href="typeobj.html#c.PyTypeObject.tp_clear" target="_top"]
+   "uncollectable" [
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+     shape=box
+     tooltip="uncollectable (leaked)"
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+   "tp_dealloc" [
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+     ordering="in"
+     target="_top"
+   ]
+   "tp_free" [href="typeobj.html#c.PyTypeObject.tp_free" target="_top"]
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+   ]
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+     tooltip="tp_new to tp_alloc: direct call"
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+     tooltip="tp_finalize to reachable: resurrected (maybe remove finalized mark)"
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+     labeltooltip="tp_traverse to finalized?: cyclic isolate"
+     tooltip="tp_traverse to finalized?: cyclic isolate"
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+     labeltooltip="reachable to finalized?: no refs"
+     tooltip="reachable to finalized?: no refs"
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+     label=<    direct call  >
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+     tooltip="tp_dealloc to tp_free: direct call"
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+}