sonjaa wrote: > Serge Orlov wrote: > > sonjaa wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I'm new to programming in python and I hope that this is the problem. > > > > > > I've created a cellular automata program in python with the numpy array > > > extensions. After each cycle/iteration the memory used to examine and > > > change the array as determined by the transition rules is never freed. > > > I've tried using "del" on every variable possible, but that hasn't > > > worked. > > > > Python keeps track of number of references to every object if the > > object has more that one reference by the time you use "del" the object > > is not freed, only number of references is decremented. > > > > Print the number of references for all the objects you think should be > > freed after each cycle/iteration, if is not equal 2 that means you are > > holding extra references to those objects. You can get the number of > > references to any object by calling sys.getrefcount(obj) > > thanks for the info. I used this several variables/objects and > discovered that little counters i.e. k = k +1 have many references to > them, up tp 10000+. > Is there a way to free them?
Although it's looks suspicious, even if you manage to free it you will gain only 12 bytes. I think you should concentrate on more fat objects ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
