python eating RAM like crazy!!

Lord Spector · Guru Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 304

Hi

I recently started using gdesklets and I noticed that when I start X, python uses ~6% of my memory and after two days it is already at ~30% (that is about 150MB of my total 512MB)

Anyone else noticed this? Is there a fix?

Regards
Spector
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Lord Spector · Guru Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 304

there seems to be a memory leak in python...
and after some searching I have found "python eats your memory, live with it"

This is unacceptable :wink:

There must be a fix!?
It just keeps growing until it eats all the ram! No one cares about this?
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sternklang · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:09 pm Post subject:

What version of python are you running? I'm running python-2.4.2-r1 and I never see that kind of memory usage from python. (Java, on the other hand...)

I don't use gdesklets, but I do use deskbar-applet which loads with my Gnome session and stays resident (and in constant use) all the time I'm working. I also have a couple of other python programs I use regularly. I'm often logged in for days at a time. I would think that if there was a memory leak in 2.4.2 I would run into it.

RiBBiT · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 215 Location: Sweden

It is probably the program (gdesklets) that is responsible for the memory leak, and not the Python interpreter it self.
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sternklang · Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject:

RiBBiT · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 215 Location: Sweden