Aahz wrote:
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.
Can you please give a short example ? I'm not challenging though, just curious.

JM
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