High memory usage - program mistake or Python feature?

[Aahz]

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In article <3ED27354.9030802 at klix.ch>,
Gerald Klix  <Gerald.Klix at klix.ch> wrote:
>Aahz wrote:
>> In article <3ED0C157.6060708 at klix.ch>,
>> Gerald Klix  <Gerald.Klix at klix.ch> wrote:
>>> 
>>>Obviously your program makes three in-memory copies of your log file.
>>>Aahz explained why there must be at least two copies, I still
>>>wonder how you managed to do the third one.
>> 
>> Nope, two copies accounts for 100MB; 50MB is easily accounted for by
>> various bits of overhead.
>
>I fear you right and hope you err, becaus ethis scares me.

Why does this scare you?
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