Hi everybody, I was looking at this bug about a memory leak:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=560720&aid=2889570&group_id=80706 While this bug is now essentially fixed, I noticed that the Figure class contains some circular references that prevent it from being cleaned up by the garbage collector, which is effectively a memory leak. At least, for this code: >>> from matplotlib.figure import Figure >>> fig = Figure() >>> del fig the garbage collector reports 76 unreachable objects. This seems to be independent of which backend is being used. Is it worthwhile to look deeper into it? Or should we accept that it is unavoidable that a library of the size of matplotlib will have circular references? --Michiel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
