Hi, On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Prashanth Ellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python 2.5 (unlike 2.4 and earlier versions) is expected to release memory > back to the OS when objects are de-referenced. Considering that I would > suspect that you are still holding references to python objects. > > Do you have an objects of user defined classed which define the __del__() > method? If yes, this would lead to an issue with for GC when collecting for > circularly referenced objects.
Still, it is quite unnatural for a single Python process to claim 900 MB of memory. Are you sure that the system memory usage is due to Python ? Did you check the task manager for this ? If you have cygwin installed, post the output of "top" command here. > > The gc module has some methods to help is figuring out what objects are > still referenced. That would be a good starting point to track down memory > issues. > > HTH, > Prashanth > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Sibtey Mehdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I am using >> Windows XP, >> pythn 2.5, wxpython 2.8, pygame 1.8. >> >> Application over View: >> In my application I am creating a dialog box that shows a treeView items >> but >> on closing of that dialog box I delete the objects that contains the tree >> items. So I am trying to get that memory used by that tree items. >> >> Thanks, >> Sibtey >> >> >> Sibtey Mehdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > My system is showing 900MB usage of memory, I have deleted some object >> (del >> > pythonObj) but the memory is not returned to os, I have also tried >> > gc.collect() and del (gc.garbage) but still the system is showing 900MB >> > usage. >> >> "Watson, I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize >> before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit >> theories, instead of theories to suit facts." >> >> Give me more data like the OS, Python version, any other applications >> running, >> virtual memory (swap memory) size etc. >> >> > >> > Is there anyway to reclaim the memory? >> >> Not enough data to go on :) >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Sibtey >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BangPypers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > > -- > http://blog.prashanthellina.com > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > -- -Anand _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
