Deleting objects in Python 1.6

[Michael Hudson]

Alex <cut_me_out at hotmail.com> writes:

> Hi.  What does this mean?
> 
> > Deleting objects is safe even for deeply nested data structures. 
> 
> From python.org/1.6.

Try this:

>>> l=[[]]
>>> m=l[0]
>>> for i in range(100000):
...     m.append([])
...     m = m[0]
...
>>> del l

(hint: it segfaults on my machine, unless I use a v. new Python)

Cheers,
M

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