Memory leak in Python

[bruno at modulix]

diffuser78 at gmail.com wrote:
> I have a python code which is running on a huge data set. After
> starting the program the computer becomes unstable and gets very
> diffucult to even open konsole to kill that process. What I am assuming
> is that I am running out of memory.
> 
> What should I do to make sure that my code runs fine without becoming
> unstable. How should I address the memory leak problem if any ? I have
> a gig of RAM.
> 
> Every help is appreciated.

Just a hint : if you're trying to load your whole "huge data set" in
memory, you're in for trouble whatever the language - for an example,
doing a 'buf = openedFile.read()' on a 100 gig file may not be a good
idea...



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bruno desthuilliers
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