Unload Modules

[Steve Juranich]

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Curtis Jensen wrote:

> I can't seem to find a clear answer on this, but how do I remove an
> imported module?  I have some C modules that I import, the modules only
> contain function calls.  However, they are pretty big, and I'd like to
> unload these modules after I am done with them, in order to save on
> memory.  I don't have the source for these modules.
> 
> How can I unload these modules from within Python?  Thanks.
> 

AFAIU, all you need to do is 'del <module_name>'.

HTH-ly y'rs,

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