I have been using Python for several years now and have never run into memory errors…
until now. My Python program now consumes over 2 GB of memory and then I get a MemoryError. I know I am reading lots of files into memory, but not 2GB worth. I thought I didn't have to worry about memory allocation in Python because of the garbage collector. On this note I have a few questions. FYI I am using Python 2.6.4 on my Mac. 1. When I pass a variable to the constructor of a class does it copy that variable or is it just a reference/pointer? I was under the impression that it was just a pointer to the data. 2. When do I need to manually allocate/deallocate memory and when can I trust Python to take care of it? 3. Any good practice suggestions? Thanks, Jeremy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
