newbie question - remove a module from ram

[Michael Hudson]

john fabiani <jfabiani at yolo.com> writes:

> Paul McGuire wrote:
> > So then what if he follows up with:
> >     del sys.modules["random"]
> > Are there any other dangling references to this module that would
> > stymie the
> > garbage collector (assuming that the OP hasn't saved off his own reference
> > to the module)?
> > -- Paul
> > 
> I think I follow:  but doesn't the garbage collector decide what is to
> be done?   Assuming that there were no dangling references wouldn't
> the ram be available for re-use?

Well, that depends on vagaries of your allocator, but probably.

Why are you so worried about the RAM your modules take up?

Cheers,
mwh

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