rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> writes: > On Jun 15, 5:16 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > > Is a web browser a “typical desktop app”? A filesystem browser? An > > instant messenger? A file transfer application? A podcatcher? All of > > those typically run for months at a time on my desktop. > > > > Any memory leak in any of those is going to cause trouble, please > > hunt them all down with fire and exterminate with prejudice. > > Oh well -- I guess I am an old geezer who shuts my machine when I am > done!
As do I. And when I power on the machine, it resumes exactly where it left off: with the exact same contents of memory as when I pressed the Suspend button. That is, the memory leak will continue to accumulate as the run time of the process continues. > Yeah I know -- not so good for the disk though its good for the > planet! You can have both: a continuous session, and stop consuming power while not using your machine. -- \ “It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to | `\ persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” —Carl | _o__) Sagan | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
