Question #666773 on Sikuli changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/666773
RaiMan posted a new comment: Java has an automatic garbage collection (GC) at the top controlled by object's reference counts: in the moment an object is no longer referenced (ref count 0), it will become a candidate for GC (but it is not predictable when in the future it will really purged from memory (see the Java limits)). so if you have something like that: while(true) { Match match = someRegion.find(new Pattern(someImg).similar(0.9)) } end loop 1: match references new object match1 anonymous object Pattern only lives until find() returns - hence GC'd (no outside reference) end loop 2: match 1 GC'd match references new object match2 Pattern same as before .... and so on The role of images: - a captured image (file name) is loaded to memory when first used and then cached for reuse - a used region (someRegion here) holds the screenshot last used for search (size depends on region size) So in your "simple case" you might run it for years ;-) and your machine should show about 300MB memory consumption for the Java process run from commandline. Running it from within the IDE it might be a bit more of course. ... and a screenshot of the whole screen costs about pixel width * height * 4 bytes ;-) Feel free to use the respective tools in your IDE or the task-manager to watch. -- You received this question notification because your team Sikuli Drivers is an answer contact for Sikuli. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sikuli-driver Post to : sikuli-driver@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sikuli-driver More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp