I *am* able to see the same leak in 0.90.1 using Agg, Pdg, Ps, and
Svg with the same memory amount being leaked each time, so its
probably in matplotlib code, although I do not have the SVN sources to
check it there to see if it has been fixed there. I was originally
using the wxAgg backend,
Luke,
Just to be sure: how are you selecting the backend?
If you use the matplotlib.use('Agg') method, this must appear *before*
importing pylab for the first time; it is something of a gotcha that
if it appears after pylab has been imported it doesn't give you any clue
that it is