Anyone have any thoughts on this? It seems like it's serious enough to try to resolve before the next bugfix release.
Cheers, Mike Michael Droettboom wrote: > 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
