Releasing memory of huge numpy array in IPython

Question

UPDATE:- This problem solved itself after a machine reboot. Not yet able to figure out why this error was happening before.

I have a function that loads a h

Answer 1

Are you looking at the value? IPython caches output variables as e.g. Out[8], so if you examine it, it will be kept in memory.

You can do %xdel testcube to delete the variable and remove it from IPython's cache. Alternatively, %reset out or %reset array will clear either all your output history, or only references to numpy arrays.