tmp. variables.

[Curtis Jensen]

The following code allocates 12MB of memory (8MB from python
interpretor).

Python 1.5.2 (#4, Sep  5 2000, 10:29:12) [C] on irix646
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> from Numeric import *
>>> def foo():
...   a = zeros( [851000],Float )

When I run foo(), the memory usage goes up to 12MB.  How come when foo
ends the memory isn't reclaimed?
I've tried "del a" within the function and it still doesn't reclaim the
memory.

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