Python large variable RAM useage

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Hi,

Say there is a dict variable that grows very large during runtime- up into millions of key:value pairs.

Does this variable get stored in RAM,effectively using up all the available memory and slowing down the rest of the system?

Asking the interpreter to display the entire dict is a bad idea, but would it be okay as long as one key is accessed at a time?

Tim

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