Python garbage collection can be that slow?

Question

I have a problem with my python application, and I think it\'s related to the python garbage collection, even if I\'m not sure...

The problem is that my application

Answer 1

If your problem really is the garbage collection, try explicitly freeing your objects when you're done with them using del().

In general, this doesn't sound like a garbage collection problem, unless we're talking about terabytes of memory.

I agree with S.Lott... profile your app, then bring code snippets and the results of that back and we can be much more helpful.