memory leak

[Fredrik Lundh]

Daniel Wheeler wrote:

> Can python leak memory even if the reference count for all the objects is not increasing?

sure.

> For example:
>
> for i in range(N):
>         print ref_count_all_objects()
>         do_something()
>
> and every iteration the ref count is constant but the memory usage is increasing. What are the 
> likely problems?

leaking extension modules?  it's pretty much impossible to say, without
knowing more about "do_something".  what does it do?  what kind of
Python modules is it using?  what extension modules are involved?

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