Eric Firing wrote: > Jeff Whitaker wrote: >> Jesper Larsen wrote: >>> Hi matplotlib users, >>> >>> I'm using matplotlib for a long running process. Unfortunately the >>> memory usage continue to grow as the process runs. I have appended a >>> simple example which illustrates this at the end of this mail. >>> Unfortunately I haven't figured out how to use the information >>> obtainable from gc for anything useful in this regards. > [...] >>> >> Jesper: Looks to me like the memory leak is not in Basemap, but >> somehow the fig.clear() is not working properly. Replacing the >> fig.clear() with pylab.gca() gets rid of the memory leak. I will >> investigate further ... >> >> >> -Jeff >> > > Jeff, this might be related to the leak illustrated in the attached > script, based on an earlier report. (I don't recall who reported it.) > > Eric >
Eric: Don't think so, since Jesper's script leaks even when the backend is set to 'Agg' (while the one you sent doesn't). -Jeff -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/PSD R/PSD1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Web : http://tinyurl.com/5telg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
