This was discussed in a previous post but I didn't see a solution. Say, you
have
for i in veryLongListOfStringValues:
s += i
As per previous post
(http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.tutor/54029/focus=54139), (quoting
verbatim) "... the following happens inside the python interpreter:
1. get a reference to the current value of s.
2. get a reference to the string value i.
3. compute the new value += i, store it in memory, and make a reference to it.
4. drop the old reference of s (thus free-ing "abc")
5. give s a reference to the newly computed value.
After step 3 and before step 4, the old value of s is still referenced by s,
and the new value is referenced internally (so step 5 can be performed). In
other words, both the old and the new value are in memory at the same time
after step 3 and before step 4, and both are referenced (that is, they cannot
be garbage collected). ... "
As s gets very large, how do you deal with this situation to avoid a memory
error or what I think will be a general slowing down of the system if the
for-loop is repeated a large number of times.
Dinesh
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