Re: multiprocessing / forking memory usage

2009-05-30 Thread Aahz
In article , Randall Smith wrote: > >I'm trying to get a grasp on how memory usage is affected when forking >as the multiprocessing module does. I've got a program with a parent >process using wx and other memory intensive modules. It spawns child >processes (by forking) that should be very l

Re: multiprocessing / forking memory usage

2009-05-27 Thread Randall Smith
Thanks Piet. You gave a good explanation and I think I understand much better now. Piet van Oostrum wrote: Randall Smith (RS) wrote: RS> I'm trying to get a grasp on how memory usage is affected when forking as RS> the multiprocessing module does. I've got a program with a parent process

Re: multiprocessing / forking memory usage

2009-05-26 Thread Piet van Oostrum
> Randall Smith (RS) wrote: >RS> I'm trying to get a grasp on how memory usage is affected when forking as >RS> the multiprocessing module does. I've got a program with a parent process >RS> using wx and other memory intensive modules. It spawns child processes (by >RS> forking) that should

multiprocessing / forking memory usage

2009-05-26 Thread Randall Smith
I'm trying to get a grasp on how memory usage is affected when forking as the multiprocessing module does. I've got a program with a parent process using wx and other memory intensive modules. It spawns child processes (by forking) that should be very lean (no wx required, etc). Based on inspe