ai wrote: > Yes, you are right. > But from this problem, could I infer that the statement "del xxx" > doesn't release the memory which xxx used?
It just removes the name xxx from the current scope - which will result in a reference counter decrease. If that was the last reference, the object will be destroyed. Most times. There are some special cases involving the usage of __del__-methods on objects. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
