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[3.8] bpo-41455: Provide a link to how the third generation is collected in the GC docs (GH-21703) #21787

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Expand Up @@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ The :mod:`gc` module provides the following functions:
allocations minus the number of deallocations exceeds *threshold0*, collection
starts. Initially only generation ``0`` is examined. If generation ``0`` has
been examined more than *threshold1* times since generation ``1`` has been
examined, then generation ``1`` is examined as well. Similarly, *threshold2*
controls the number of collections of generation ``1`` before collecting
generation ``2``.
examined, then generation ``1`` is examined as well.
With the third generation, things are a bit more complicated,
see `Collecting the oldest generation <https://devguide.python.org/garbage_collector/#collecting-the-oldest-generation>`_ for more information.


.. function:: get_count()
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