Is that a memory leak ?

[Michael Hudson]

"vonstroheim" <vonstroheim at my-deja.com> writes:

> I am using a windows debug 2.2.2 version and I observe the following
> behavior in the interactive interpreter:
> 
> if I repeatedly enter:
> class A(object):pass
> 
> the number of REFS raises and so does the value returned by
> len(gc.get_objects())
> (even if I use gc.collect())
> 
> but if i use a 'classic class' : 'class A: pass', no increasing is noticed.
> Is that OK or is it a memory leak ?

Err, I think Py_DEBUG implies COUNT_ALLOCS implies new-style classes
are immortal.  So nothing (particularly) untoward here.  If you see
problems in a release build, do shout.

Cheers,
M.

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