Yes, it should be. I'm further puzzled that removing "del Gcf.figs[num]" prevents the memory leak. There is some side effect that happens when all of the figures have been closed (I think it shuts down the GUI mainloop), that keeping at least one figure around at all times avoids. But I haven't been able to get to the bottom of that, just a half-supported theory at this point.
Cheers, Mike laurent oget wrote: > I am puzzled. Wasn't the whole point of close() to avoid memory leaks? > > Laurent > > 2008/7/15 Michael Droettboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > Yes, as of r5747 twinx (well, shared axes specifically) no longer > leaks. > > Manuel has discovered a seemingly generic leak that occurs when > pyplot.close() is called and running a GUI backend. I can confirm his > results with the script he last sent. > > Cheers, > Mike > > Manuel Metz wrote: > > John Hunter wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Michael Droettboom > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >> wrote: > >>> I can confirm this. > >>> > >>> Commenting out "del Gcf.figs[num]" in Gcf.destroy (in > >>> _pylab_helpers.py) > >>> also seems to resolve the leak. But I have no idea why, so I > won't > >>> commit it just yet. I don't have much time to look deeper > now. Does > >>> anyone (who probably understands figure management better than > me) have > >>> an idea what might cause this? > >> > >> Can you post the script you are using to test -- I am a little > >> confused from reading this thread by whether or not twinx is > >> implicated. Also, I saw that you committed some changes > vis-a-vis the > >> twinx leak > >> > >> r5747 | mdboom | 2008-07-11 13:21:53 -0500 (Fri, 11 Jul 2008) | 2 > >> lines > >> > >> Fix memory leak when using shared axes. > >> > >> so I thought that part was resolved already... > >> > >> JDH > > > > I use a modified version of the script Laurent Oget posted (see > > attachment). Here is the output if I don't comment out PL.close(1). > > > > ~/python/test$ python looptest.py -dGTK > > 0 GC 69354 69354 0 13854 > > 100 GC 84354 150 0 15163 > > 200 GC 99354 150 0 16306 > > 300 GC 114354 150 0 17364 > > 400 GC 129354 150 0 18576 > > ~/python/test$ python looptest.py -dTK > > 0 GC 69521 69521 0 14065 > > 100 GC 84521 150 0 15444 > > 200 GC 99521 150 0 16581 > > 300 GC 114521 150 0 17719 > > 400 GC 129521 150 0 18715 > > ~/python/test$ python looptest.py -dPS > > 0 GC 59307 59307 0 7705 > > 100 GC 59307 0 0 8037 > > 200 GC 59307 0 0 8038 > > 300 GC 59307 0 0 8038 > > 400 GC 59307 0 0 8038 > > > > (so for the window-less backend PS no objects are left) > > > > And now I commented out the line PL.close(1): > > > > ~/python/test$ python looptest.py -dGTK > > 0 GC 69379 69379 0 13855 > > 100 GC 69379 0 0 14253 > > 200 GC 69379 0 0 14253 > > 300 GC 69379 0 0 14253 > > 400 GC 69379 0 0 14252 > > > > Manuel > > -- > Michael Droettboom > Science Software Branch > Operations and Engineering Division > Space Telescope Science Institute > Operated by AURA for NASA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win > great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in > the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > <http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/> > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto: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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
