win32com_garbage collection, another QTN

[Mark Hammond]

zzzzz wrote:

> The following command returns a Workbooks object that I don't assign
> to anything:
> 
>>>state.Workbooks.Open("G:\\MH_State_Flow_7.xls")
>>>
> If I do:
> 
> wbook=state.Workbooks.Open("G:\\MH_State_Flow_7.xls")
> 
> and then:
> 
> state,wbook=None,None
> 
> then this works & I don't need to call the Quit() command.


This will be true at an interactive prompt, as the result of the 
previous expression is stored in the special '_' variable.  Just typing 
"1" at the prompt should also kill it (storing 1 in _)

It should not be true if the code is executed in a script...

Mark.