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python_memory.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import time
lis = []
for i in range(100000 * 1024):
lis.append(i)
print('Sleeping for 30 seconds')
time.sleep(30)
print(lis[100]) # Just to make sure we don't prematurely free `lis` because there's no ref to it
del lis
print('Sleeping for a while and freeing list')
time.sleep(360)
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