On 11/15/2011 12:01 PM, Prasad, Ramit wrote:
<SNIP>(Peter's "del" solution is quite close, but I find the 'del' statement tricky in python and will mislead many python newcomers)Can you expand on why 'del' is "tricky"/misleading?Ramit
a = someexpression... b = a .... del aDoes not (necessarily) delete the object that a refers to. It merely deletes the symbol a.
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