# Original article: https://www.digi.com/wiki/developer/index.php/Python_Garbage_Collection import sys, gc def make_cycle(): l = { } l[0] = l def main(): collected = gc.collect() 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)