On 10/24/2010 8:39 PM, kj wrote: > What's the most accurate way to monitor memory consumption in a > Python program, and thereby ensure that gc is working properly?
Trust me, it is. But don't forget that CPython doesn't actually *use* the garbage collector until you start to create cyclic data structures. In their absence reference counting alone is sufficient to ensure that unused object memory is reclaimed. regards Steve [aside: in general, if you think your program is not working because of a bug in Python, look harder at your program]. -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 PyCon 2011 Atlanta March 9-17 http://us.pycon.org/ See Python Video! http://python.mirocommunity.org/ Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list