Memory Conservation
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg29867] Memory Conservation
- From: Shane Frasier <jsf9k at virginia.edu>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 01:36:58 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Virginia
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi,
I have a program in Mathematica that involves large matrices. I want to
make sure that intermediate variables aren't wasting memory, so I have a few
questions:
1) I have functions that look like
Module[{i,j,final_answer},...Remove[i,j];final_answer]. Is Remove necessary
here, or do module variables cease to exist once the module ends?
2) If it is necessary, is there any way to Remove final_answer too before
the module ends? In my case, the construction of final_answer is
complicated, so I want to build it up in stages to avoid having a single,
long and unreadable line of code.
Thanks for your help,
Shane Frasier
jsf9k at virginia.edu