python 1.5.2 memory leak?

[Taz]

i don't del the re-used vasriables eg

    while 1:
        a = something
        other stuff

i don;t think i need to del a at the end of the loop do i?

thanks for the thoughts

Gene C <gchiaramonte at yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> You could try using del, but I doubt it will matter.
>
> >>> n = "abc"
> >>> del n
> >>> n
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: n
> >>>
>
>