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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst index 3ef21d231a..17fb867ee9 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst @@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ Weak References =============== Python does automatic memory management (reference counting for most objects and -garbage collection to eliminate cycles). The memory is freed shortly after the -last reference to it has been eliminated. +:term:`garbage collection` to eliminate cycles). The memory is freed shortly +after the last reference to it has been eliminated. This approach works fine for most applications but occasionally there is a need to track objects only as long as they are being used by something else. |