I have had issues with Linux (Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64) not releasing memory back to the OS. I have code here the exhibits the issue:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5975255/memory-allocated-to-python-in-the-os-is-never-released-back-in-linux-even-after-g Then I read at http://pushingtheweb.com/2010/06/python-and-tcmalloc/ that this was a problem fixed by compiling your own version of Python using the TCMalloc library which I have now done. The issue is still exhibited so I was keen to know if possibly it was because numpy is compiled and linked to the default memory management library (not sure if this is true or how this works but would I also need to compile numpy linked to the TCMalloc library). Let me know if anyone has any insight on this issue. Or if it isn't related to numpy at all. -- ______________________________________________________ Jeffrey Spencer Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Nonlinear Signal Processing Group The University of Melbourne [email protected] (Mob.) 044 991 7726 _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
