Documentation

the weakref documentation mentions __del__ and compares with it. However, __del__ documentation does not mention weakref, while this is most probably what the vast majority or developers is looking for feature wise.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/weakref.html#comparing-finalizers-with-del-methods

Linked PRs

• gh-120937: Reference weakref from the __del__ documentation #120940
• [3.13] gh-120937: Reference weakref from the __del__ documentation (GH-120940) #121061
• [3.12] gh-120937: Reference weakref from the __del__ documentation (GH-120940) #121062