Does Python cache the startup module?

[Baz Walter]

John Machin <sjmachin <at> lexicon.net> writes:
> If you execute that stuff inside a function (see below) instead of in
> global scope, do you get the same effect?

Thanks for your reply.

No, running it inside a function means I can't rely on python to garbage 
collect, so there will be widgets left over whether I've changed names or not.

See Frederik Lundh's last message to see what's really happening.