Jonathan Ballet wrote: >> http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-doesnt-python-release-the-memory-when-i-delete-a-large-object > > Is it still true with Python 2.5 ? > > I mean, [http://evanjones.ca/python-memory.html] should fix this > behaviour, doesn't it ?
not really -- that change just means that Python's object allocator will return memory chunks to the C allocator if the chunks become empty, but as the FAQ entry says, there are no guarantees that anything will be returned at all. it all depends on your application's memory allocation patterns. (did you read Evan's presentation material, btw?) </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
