Can I disable Python dynamic garbage collection?

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If so, how would one go about accomplishing this goal?

Thank you for insights and guidance.

The documentation for the module gc outlines this. Note though that this is not usually a good idea unless you can guarantee that you won't have any reference cycles. — Carcigenicate
– Carcigenicate, Commented Aug 26, 2022 at 2:50
Understood. I'll probably totally mess it up... Thanks a ton for the feedback... Needing to try to get Python looking like a compiled language for safety critical purposes, so giving it a go. Thanks. — JustADude
– JustADude, Commented Aug 26, 2022 at 2:58

tovicheung · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-26 06:19:50Z

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To disable garbage collection, you can use the gc module

import gc
gc.disable()

To re-enable it, use

gc.enable()

answered Aug 26, 2022 at 6:19

tovicheung

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