Richard Oudkerk added the comment: > If the result of os.read() was stored in a Python daemon thread, the > memory should be released since the following changeset. Can someone > check if this issue still exist?
If a daemon thread is killed while it is blocking on os.read() then the bytes object used as the read buffer will never be decrefed. ---------- nosy: +sbt _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13090> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com