Collecting garbage questions

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I found:

import torch
import gc
for obj in gc.get_objects(): 
    try:
        if torch.is_tensor(obj) or (hasattr(obj, 'data') and torch.is_tensor(obj.data)):
            print(type(obj), obj.size())
    except: pass

Are these objects gc.get_objects() ready to be collected or they will not be collected unless we set them to None inside of the program?

Then I found:

# prints currently alive Tensors and Variables
import torch
import gc
for obj in gc.get_objects():
    if torch.is_tensor(obj) or (hasattr(obj, 'data') and torch.is_tensor(obj.data)):
        del obj
torch.cuda.empty_cache()

What will this code do?
Is del obj same as obj=None.
What is the difference between torch.cuda.empty_cache() and gc.collect().