Bill Pursell wrote:
>>>> del sys.modules["spam"]
>>>> del spam
>> Should remove all the references, but I still don't want to wait for
> garbage collection. I need to be sure that the dlclose() happens
> and the destructors are called. Can I do that? (without relying
> on ctypes, preferrably.)
in general, no. Python's not C++; you cannot rely on the garbage
collector to release resources at a given time (or to release them at
all, for that matter).
if you want to tear down an object or a module in a reliable fashion,
you need to provide an API for that purpose.
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