In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:48:37 -0800, James Stroud wrote: >> >> >>>Stef Mientki wrote: >>> >>>>If I create a large array of data or class, >>>>how do I destroy it (when not needed anymore) ? > > If your data structure has no backlinks, it will go away >as soon as the last reference to it disappears. If your >data structure has backlinks, it will hang around until >garbage collection runs. If your backlinks are >weak references (see "weakref"), the data structure will >be released much sooner.
Note that exceptions create links. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I disrespectfully agree." --SJM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
