Wording

Author: brandtbucher

Doc/library/gc.rst

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ The :mod:`gc` module provides the following functions:
      list) inside this generation;
 
    * ``candidates`` is the total number of objects in this generation which were
-     traversed and considered for collection;
+     considered for collection and traversed;
 
    * ``duration`` is the total time in seconds spent in collections for this
      generation.
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ values but should not rebind them):
       that could not be collected and were put in :data:`garbage`.
 
       "candidates": When *phase* is "stop", the total number of objects in this
-      generation which were traversed and considered for collection.
+      generation which were considered for collection and traversed.
 
       "duration": When *phase* is "stop", the time in seconds spent in the
       collection.

Include/internal/pycore_interp_structs.h

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ struct gc_collection_stats {
     Py_ssize_t collected;
     /* total number of uncollectable objects (put into gc.garbage) */
     Py_ssize_t uncollectable;
-    // Total number of objects traversed and considered for collection:
+    // Total number of objects considered for collection and traversed:
     Py_ssize_t candidates;
     // Duration of the collection in seconds:
     double duration;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ struct gc_generation_stats {
     Py_ssize_t collected;
     /* total number of uncollectable objects (put into gc.garbage) */
     Py_ssize_t uncollectable;
-    // Total number of objects traversed and considered for collection:
+    // Total number of objects considered for collection and traversed:
     Py_ssize_t candidates;
     // Duration of the collection in seconds:
     double duration;