Python also keeps refcounts for other objects that shouldn't be garbage collected such as None, True, and False. The reason being to prevent having certain obje

Python also keeps refcounts for other objects that shouldn't be garbage collected such as None, True, and False. The reason being to prevent having certain objects that need to be refcounted and certain objects that don't. Otherwise, C code would be littered with if statements like the below: if (number < -5 || number > 256) { decrement_refcount(number); }