del()?

[Paul Prescod]

Jay Collins wrote:
> 
> does del() free the ram used by string?
> 
> like
> 
> a = "my string"
> del(a)
> 
> will I get my ram back? 

Yes.

> Should I even worry about this since gc takes care
> of this?

Not really. You could just as easily get your ram back by typing

a = None

Or you could just let "a" go out of scope when the function ends or the
module goes away.

When there are no more references to a thing it goes away. Your "del" is
probably less efficient than simply letting the thing go out of scope.

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