vcs.removeobject doex NOT error exit if trying to remove a non vcs object

[doutriaux1]

but rather prints to the screen

In [1]: import EzTemplate

In [2]: M=EzTemplate.Multi(rows=3,columns=3)

In [3]: M.get()
Out[3]: <vcs.template.P at 0x7f910a927bb0>

In [4]: vcs.removeobject(M)
Out[4]: 'This is not a template, graphics method, or secondary method object.'

Should we error exit?

reported by @lee1043
please @durack1 and @danlipsa let me know what you think

[durack1]

@doutriaux1 I would vote an "error" message yields and error response - so 👍 your suggestion

[durack1]

@doutriaux1 I'd actually be interested to know what methods are available in vcs. it might be a good time to remove a bunch of redundant functions..?

[jypeter]

I did not even know about this function... Would you get the same result with a standard del(M)?

When I want to explicitly delete a big numpy or MV2 array (before the end of a script), I just use del(my_bulky_array) and I don't need a cdms2.removeobject. I hope using del works!

[doutriaux1]

@jypeter I am 99% certain del(vcsobj) won't clean it from vcs memory.

[jypeter]

Oh, OK.

What about using del on numpy arrays or cdms2 objects (sorry if this is not related to this thread)? I have sometimes told people to use that to remove temporary/intermediate data when they had memory issues, but I have never checked if it actually worked

[doutriaux1]

yes no issue with numpy arrays.