On 3/6/2013 5:11 AM, Wong Wah Meng-R32813 wrote:
Hello there,
I am using python 2.7.1 built on HP-11.23 a Itanium 64 bit box.
I discovered following behavior whereby the python process doesn't
seem to release memory utilized even after a variable is set to None,
and "deleted". I use glance tool to monitor the memory utilized by
this process. Obviously after the for loop is executed, the memory
used by this process has hiked to a few MB. However, after "del" is
executed to both I and str variables, the memory of that process
still stays at where it was.
Whether memory freed by deleting an object is returned to and taken by
the OS depends on the OS and other factors like like the size and layout
of the freed memory, probably the history of memory use, and for
CPython, the C compiler's malloc/free implementation. At various times,
the Python memory handlers have been rewritten to encourage/facilitate
memory return, but Python cannot control the process.
for i in range(100000L):
str=str+"%s"%(i,)
i=None; str=None # not necessary
> del i; del str
Reusing built-in names for unrelated purposes is generally a bad idea,
although the final deletion does restore access to the builtin.
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Terry Jan Reedy
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