(hello group) On Nov 9, 8:38 pm, "Klaas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was referring specifically to abominations like range(1000000) However, there are plenty of valid reasons to allocate huge lists of integers. This issue has been worked on: http://evanjones.ca/python-memory.html http://evanjones.ca/python-memory-part3.html My understanding is that the patch allows most objects to be released back to the OS, but can't help the problem for integers. I could be mistaken. But on a clean Python 2.5: x=range(10000000) x=None The problem exists for floats too, so for a less contrived example: x=[random.weibullvariate(7.0,2.0) for i in xrange(10000000)] x=None Both leave the Python process bloated in my environment. Is this problem a good candidate for the FAQ? --Joseph -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
