On Aug 10, 2:25 am, Godzilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I wish to know whether I should delete objects created on the fly via > the "del obj" statement. I noticed the RAM usage increased whenever > the application is being run for a long time. I am creating lots of > objects (messages) on the fly for communication between threads. > > Rather than having python's gc to do the work, does it make a > difference if I force a deletion? > > Thanks.
Probably not, 'del x' just decrements the reference count, but it is the gc who does the real job. See http://docs.python.org/ref/customization.html#l2h-175 Do you have reference cycles in your application? You should tell us something more. Michele Simionato -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
