Function gc_collect

Lib/test/support/__init__.py:937–950

Force as many objects as possible to be collected. In non-CPython implementations of Python, this is needed because timely deallocation is not guaranteed by the garbage collector. (Even in CPython this can be the case in case of reference cycles.) This means that __del__ methods m

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def gc_collect():
    """Force as many objects as possible to be collected.

    In non-CPython implementations of Python, this is needed because timely
    deallocation is not guaranteed by the garbage collector.  (Even in CPython
    this can be the case in case of reference cycles.)  This means that __del__
    methods may be called later than expected and weakrefs may remain alive for
    longer than expected.  This function tries its best to force all garbage
    objects to disappear.
    """
    import gc
    gc.collect()
    gc.collect()
    gc.collect()

@contextlib.contextmanager
def disable_gc():