In article <mailman.488.1278697107.1673.python-l...@python.org>, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmic...@sequans.com> wrote: > >PS : You're misusing the del statement. It does not remove any object >from mmory, however, it removes the reference to it, the object is still >in memory. They are very few cases where del is usefull in python, so >try to avoid using it as well.
The first two sentences are true; the last sentence is completely wrong. I've got lots of code using del, and it's a critically useful element of dictionary manipulation. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "....Normal is what cuts off your sixth finger and your tail..." --Siobhan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
