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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 0b26e18efd7..c5c7994f126 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -355,6 +355,12 @@ Glossary tasks (see :mod:`asyncio`) associate each task with a context which becomes the current context whenever the task starts or resumes execution. + cyclic isolate + A subgroup of one or more objects that reference each other in a reference + cycle, but are not referenced by objects outside the group. The goal of + the :term:`cyclic garbage collector <garbage collection>` is to identify these groups and break the reference + cycles so that the memory can be reclaimed. + decorator A function returning another function, usually applied as a function transformation using the ``@wrapper`` syntax. Common examples for |