Bugs item #1399099, was opened at 2006-01-07 18:04 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1399099&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Leo Jay (leojay) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: i get a memory leak after using split() function on windows Initial Comment: my environment is: python 2.4.2 on windows xp professional with sp2 what i do is just open a text file and count how many lines in that file: D:\>python Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> f = file('b.txt', 'rt') # the size of b.txt is about 100 mega bytes >>> print len(f.read().split('\n')) 899830 >>> f.close() >>> del f >>> after these steps, the task manager shows that the python process still hog about 125 mega bytes memory. and the python don't release these memory until i quit the python. but i find that if i remove the split() function, python acts right: D:\>python Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> f = file('b.txt', 'rt') >>> print len(f.read()) 95867667 >>> so, is there something wrong with the split function? or it's just my misuse of split? Best Regards, Leo Jay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1399099&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com