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Add reference to the memory layout
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garbage_collector.rst

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available; while on a 64-bit architecture, a word is 64 bits word = 8 bytes, so
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word-aligned addresses end in ``000``, leaving the last 3 bits available.
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The CPython GC makes use of two fat pointers:
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The CPython GC makes use of two fat pointers that corresponds to the extra fields
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of ``PyGC_Head`` discussed in `Memory layout and object structure`_:
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.. warning::
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