Remove imported module from RAM

[kevinkk525]

right, that is exactly what I am doing... Successfully with smaller modules but completely unsuccessfull with this one.
In manual test it only works if i remove "some" of "some.thing" too which does not work when the code runs by itself as part of my project (where I have absolutely no references to this module as it is loaded within a function and completely deleted just as in the manual tests).

I'm sorry to bother you with this and it's fine if you don't want to look into this. But if you do, please read my messages carefully.

[jickster]

right, that is exactly what I am doing... Successfully with smaller modules but completely unsuccessfull with this one.
In manual test it only works if i remove "some" of "some.thing" too which does not work when the code runs by itself as part of my project (where I have absolutely no references to this module as it is loaded within a function and completely deleted just as in the manual tests).

I'm sorry to bother you with this and it's fine if you don't want to look into this. But if you do, please read my messages carefully.

You want to remove a subset, from RAM, of the module you've imported?

[kevinkk525]

The module I imported

[jickster]

The module I imported

Run this and reply with output

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import gc
import sys
gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
from pysmartnode.networking import mqtt_receive_config
gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
del mqtt_receive_config
del sys.modules["mqtt_receive_config"]
gc.collect();gc.mem_free()

[kevinkk525]

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>>> import sys
>>> import gc
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
22480
>>> from pysmartnode.networking import mqtt_receive_config
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
18112
>>> del mqtt_receive_config
>>> del sys.modules["mqtt_receive_config"]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: mqtt_receive_config
>>> del sys.modules["pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config"]
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
17936
>>> del sys.modules["pysmartnode.networking"]
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
17952
>>> del sys.modules["pysmartnode"]
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
18400
>>> sys.modules
{'uasyncio': <module 'uasyncio'>, 'uasyncio.core': <module 'uasyncio.core'>, 'main': <module 'main'>}
>>>

[jickster]

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>>> import sys
>>> import gc
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
22480
>>> from pysmartnode.networking import mqtt_receive_config
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
18112
>>> del mqtt_receive_config
>>> del sys.modules["mqtt_receive_config"]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: mqtt_receive_config
>>> del sys.modules["pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config"]
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
17936
>>> del sys.modules["pysmartnode.networking"]
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
17952
>>> del sys.modules["pysmartnode"]
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
18400
>>> sys.modules
{'uasyncio': <module 'uasyncio'>, 'uasyncio.core': <module 'uasyncio.core'>, 'main': <module 'main'>}
>>>

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dir()
sys.modules
import gc
import sys
gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
from pysmartnode.networking import mqtt_receive_config
dir()
sys.modules
gc.collect();gc.mem_free()

[kevinkk525]

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>>> dir()
['uos', 'gc', '__name__', 'main']
>>> import sys
>>> sys.modules
{'main': <module 'main'>}
>>> import gc
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
35520
>>> from pysmartnode.networking import mqtt_receive_config
>>> dir()
['uos', '__name__', 'main', 'gc', 'sys', 'mqtt_receive_config']
>>> sys.modules
{'uasyncio': <module 'uasyncio'>, 'uasyncio.core': <module 'uasyncio.core'>, 'pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config': <module 'pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config'>, 'pysmartnode.networking': <module 'pysmartnode.networking'>, 'main': <module 'main'>, 'pysmartnode': <module 'pysmartnode'>}
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
31200

[jickster]

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>>> dir()
['uos', 'gc', '__name__', 'main']
>>> import sys
>>> sys.modules
{'main': <module 'main'>}
>>> import gc
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
35520
>>> from pysmartnode.networking import mqtt_receive_config
>>> dir()
['uos', '__name__', 'main', 'gc', 'sys', 'mqtt_receive_config']
>>> sys.modules
{'uasyncio': <module 'uasyncio'>, 'uasyncio.core': <module 'uasyncio.core'>, 'pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config': <module 'pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config'>, 'pysmartnode.networking': <module 'pysmartnode.networking'>, 'main': <module 'main'>, 'pysmartnode': <module 'pysmartnode'>}
>>> gc.collect();gc.mem_free()
31200

I don't think you can do what you want.

Functions in pysmartnode.networking could use items in pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config.

If you delete pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config, the virtual machine could crash if it tried to access things in pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config.

I'm not sure about this but it makes sense.

[kevinkk525]

even after deleting pysmartnode, pysmartnode.networking and pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config the VM worked perfectly fine in my program. (pysmartnode.networking is empty)
I opened a separete thread for this curiosity with some more explanations and observations: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5288

[jickster]

even after deleting pysmartnode, pysmartnode.networking and pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config the VM worked perfectly fine in my program. (pysmartnode.networking is empty)
I opened a separete thread for this curiosity with some more explanations and observations: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5288

Not what I said

If you delete pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config, the virtual machine could crash if it tried to access things in pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config.

Therefore, it doesn't let you delete it.

Does it?

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dir(); sys.modules
del mqtt_receive_config
del sys.modules["pysmartnode.networking.mqtt_receive_config"]
dir(); sys.modules