how to "free" an object/var ?

James Stroud jstroud at mbi.ucla.edu
Tue Jan 30 18:48:37 EST 2007


Stef Mientki wrote:
> If I create a large array of data or class,
> how do I destroy it (when not needed anymore) ?
> 
> Assign it to an empty list ?
> 
> thanks,
> Stef Mientki

It will be gc'd when you leave the scope or you can call del() to 
explicitly get rid of the object if its existence bothers you.

James



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