Re: Python memory usage

(hello group)

On Nov 9, 8:38 pm, "Klaas" <mike.kl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was referring specifically to abominations like range(1000000)

However, there are plenty of valid reasons to allocate huge lists of
integers. This issue has been worked on:
http://evanjones.ca/python-memory.html
http://evanjones.ca/python-memory-part3.html

My understanding is that the patch allows most objects to be released
back to the OS, but can't help the problem for integers. I could be
mistaken. But on a clean Python 2.5:

x=range(10000000)
x=None

The problem exists for floats too, so for a less contrived example:

x=[random.weibullvariate(7.0,2.0) for i in xrange(10000000)]
x=None

Both leave the Python process bloated in my environment. Is this
problem a good candidate for the FAQ?

--Joseph

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