[XML-SIG] PyXML API problem

[Jeremy Kloth]

Jeremy Kloth <jeremy.kloth at fourthought.com> wrote:
> Kamel Hamard (LMC) <kamel.hamard at ericsson.com> wrote:
>> Hi Fred,
>>
>> I'm creating the dom in memory after collecting the data from the
>> system.
>>
>> In my current implementation I'm using ReleaseNode method to free the
>> memory used and it works fine.
>>
>> PyXML is slower then 4Suite for manipulating XML document. With
>> 4Suite API, I was not able to find a way to free the memory after
>> creating documents (equivalent of ReleaseNode or unlink) Do you have
>> any idea on how to release the memory used by a dom using the 4Suite
>> API ??
>>
>
> 4Sutie relies on Python's GC to release the memory when it is no
> longer needed.  So I guess if you want to force the release of the
> memory use:
>
> import gc
> gc.collect()

I forget to mention one other thing.  By using gc.collect() you are simply
telling Python to run the collection cycle, which is something that it does
itself at some interval.
-- 
Jeremy Kloth
Fourthought, Inc.