Yes, Python is reference counted (with a garbage collector to handle cycles etc.). So, yes, the matplotlib plot keeps a "reference" to your data after you pass it in so it continue to redraw it as the plot is panned/zoomed/resized etc. You can safely del your local reference, but the memory itself will not be freed, since matplotlib still needs it.
Mike guillaume ranquet wrote: > I'm currently trying to improve my app to render more and more data. > I'm wondering if matplotlib keeps an internal copy of the datas once the > plot function has been called? > > from what I understand from python (I'm quite new to python), everything > is reference and no implicit copies are done. I'm trying to check on > matplotlib if it's the case but I must admit I got some difficulties xD > > > to sum it up: can I del the arrays I just passed to an axis.plot ? > > > thanks for your help :) > ---- > This message contains confidential information and may contain information > that is legally privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, > please immediately notify us and delete the original message. Thank you. > > Ce message contient des informations confidentielles. S'il vous est parvenu > par erreur, merci de bien vouloir nous en aviser par retour, de n'en faire > aucun usage et de n'en garder aucune copie. > ---- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
