Stable GUI + wxPython memory leak

[Fredrik Lundh]

Viktor wrote:

> Doesn't free the memory. The memory stays occupied. OK, when I do the
> same thing again, no additional memory is occupied. He uses the same
> memory allocated first time, but why doesn't he free it and why memory
> isn't fread up even if I explicitly call

the memory is released, but it's still assigned to the process.  if, how and when it's
returned to the operating system depends on a lot of things, most of which are out-
side Python's control.

(fwiw, this is how dynamic memory management works on most platforms).

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