Have a look here for some information about memory leaks: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#LEAKS
Can you provide a small standalone script that reproduces the error? It is possible that the figures are not being destroyed correctly because an extra reference is being held to them or something of that sort. Cheers, Mike Maxime Bois wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a problem of free memory for image buffer when I use Matplotlib > (the last version on linux). > What i'm doing is that I create 4 figures in the same time, I save my > plots and I close them. After that, I create 4 new figures, save them > and close them... I do that many times and after a moment, a problem occurs. > I obtain this message : "<class '_tkinter.TclError'>: not enough free > memory for image buffer" and my program stops. > > Does anyone have a solution for this problem ? > Thanks a lot > M. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
