New submission from ThurnerRupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: is it possible that str and unicode str are treated differently, i.e. unicode str does not give memory back? jonas borgström noticed the following behaviour:
>>> resident_size() 3780 >>> a = ["%i" % i for i in xrange(2**22)] >>> resident_size() 239580 >>> del a >>> resident_size() 4128 <-- Most memory returned to the os >>> a = [u"%i" % i for i in xrange(2**22)] >>> resident_size() 434532 >>> del a >>> resident_size()R 401760 <-- Almost nothing returned to the os for details see http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev/browse_thread/thread/9de74e1d2f62e2ed. ---------- messages: 65837 nosy: ThurnerRupert severity: normal status: open title: unicode string does not get freed --> memory leak? versions: Python 2.5 __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2696> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
