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#1533486: fix types in refcount intro.

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Georg Brandl 2008-03-08 10:05:24 +00:00
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@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ reference counts for other objects contained in the object if this is a compound
object type, such as a list, as well as performing any additional finalization
that's needed. There's no chance that the reference count can overflow; at
least as many bits are used to hold the reference count as there are distinct
memory locations in virtual memory (assuming ``sizeof(long) >= sizeof(char*)``).
memory locations in virtual memory (assuming ``sizeof(Py_ssize_t) >= sizeof(void*)``).
Thus, the reference count increment is a simple operation.
It is not necessary to increment an object's reference count for every local