Re: how to "free" an object/var ?

In article <AAXvh.1465$zH1.1114@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Nagle <nagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:48:37 -0800, James Stroud wrote:


Stef Mientki wrote:

If I create a large array of data or class,
how do I destroy it (when not needed anymore) ?

If your data structure has no backlinks, it will go away
as soon as the last reference to it disappears. If your
data structure has backlinks, it will hang around until
garbage collection runs. If your backlinks are
weak references (see "weakref"), the data structure will
be released much sooner.

Note that exceptions create links.
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