On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 at 09:00, Barry <ba...@barrys-emacs.org> wrote:
> With code as complex as python’s there will be memory allocations that
occur that will not be directly related to the python code you test.
>
> To put it another way there is noise in your memory allocation signal.
>
> Usually the signal of a memory leak is very clear, as you noticed.
>
> For rare leaks I would use a tool like valgrind.
Thank you all, but I needed a simple decorator to automatize the memory
leak (and segfault) tests. I think that this version is good enough, I hope
that can be useful to someone:
def trace(iterations=100):
def decorator(func):
def wrapper():
print(
f"Loops: {iterations} - Evaluating: {func.__name__}",
flush=True
)
tracemalloc.start()
snapshot1 = tracemalloc.take_snapshot().filter_traces(
(tracemalloc.Filter(True, __file__), )
)
for i in range(iterations):
func()
gc.collect()
snapshot2 = tracemalloc.take_snapshot().filter_traces(
(tracemalloc.Filter(True, __file__), )
)
top_stats = snapshot2.compare_to(snapshot1, 'lineno')
tracemalloc.stop()
for stat in top_stats:
if stat.count_diff * 100 > iterations:
raise ValueError(f"stat: {stat}")
return wrapper
return decorator
If the decorated function fails, you can try to raise the iterations
parameter. I found that in my cases sometimes I needed a value of 200 or 300
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