Unload Modules

Mark Hammond MarkH at ActiveState.com
Thu Nov 9 22:28:37 EST 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.

You can't.  If you search deja, you will find a novel trick by Christian 
Tismer that will work on Windows, if you are lucky, and nothing in 
Python has changed recently, and the day doesnt have a T in it...

Mark.




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