[Ironpython-users] Delete a large object in ironpython, and releasing the memory?

[Steve Baer]

In this case, the class that you are referring to is IDisposable. Call the
Dispose function on the Mesh instance when you are done with it.

-Steve

Steve Baer
Robert McNeel & Associates
www.rhino3d.com

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 4:00 AM, Djordje Spasic via Ironpython-users <
ironpython-users at python.org> wrote:

> I am a creating a huge mesh object (some 900 megabytes in size) in Rhino3d
> application by using its ironpython 2.7 interpreter.
> Once I am done with analysing this mesh, I would like to somehow delete it
> from the memory.
>
> I did a bit of search on stackoverflow.com, and I found out that "*del*"
> statement will only delete the reference to mentioned mesh. Not the mesh
> object itself.
> And that after some time, the mesh object will eventually get garbage
> collected. At least this is what some users on stackoverflow say about the
> regular cpython.
>
> Is "*gc.collect()*" the only way by which I could instantly release the
> memory, and there for somehow remove the mentioned large mesh from the
> memory?
> I've also found replies on stackoverflow.com which state that "
> *gc.collect()*" should be avoided (at least when it comes to regular
> python, not specifically ironpython).
> I've also find comments on stackoverflow which claim that in IronPython
> it is not even guaranteed the memory will be released
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1316767/how-can-i-explicitly-free-memory-in-python>
> if nothing else is holding a reference.
>
> Any comments on all these issues?
>
> Is it even possible to instantly free the memory from the deleted large
> object in ironpython (2.7)?
>
> Thank you for the reply.
>
> Kind regards,
> Djordje Spasic
>
>
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