On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > So it sounds like you have to request such a mark-and-sweep from > the gc module.
You *can* request it. But as long as it hasn't been explicitly disabled (by calling gc.disable()), the mark-and-sweep garbage collection will also run automatically -- just not necessarily immediately. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
