pyspark.Broadcast.destroy¶
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Broadcast.destroy(blocking: bool = False) → None[source]¶ Destroy all data and metadata related to this broadcast variable. Use this with caution; once a broadcast variable has been destroyed, it cannot be used again.
Changed in version 3.0.0: Added optional argument blocking to specify whether to block until all blocks are deleted.
- Parameters
- blockingbool, optional, default False
Whether to block until unpersisting has completed.
Examples
>>> b = spark.sparkContext.broadcast([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
Destroy all data and metadata related to this broadcast variable
>>> b.destroy()