• Improving Python's Memory Allocator

import sys, gc
 
#cycle reference
def make_cycle():
    l = { }
    l[0] = l
 
def main():
    collected = gc.collect() # return number of collected and deallocated objects
    print "Garbage collector: collected %d objects." % (collected)
    print "Creating cycles..."
    for i in range(10):
        make_cycle()
    collected = gc.collect()
    print "Garbage collector: collected %d objects." % (collected)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    ret = main()
    sys.exit(ret)
		

• Time-based garbage collection: the garbage collector is called on a fixed time interval
• Event-based garbage collection: the garbage collector is called on an event

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