Python memory usage

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jonathan Ballet wrote:

>> http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-doesnt-python-release-the-memory-when-i-delete-a-large-object
> 
> Is it still true with Python 2.5 ?
> 
> I mean, [http://evanjones.ca/python-memory.html] should fix this
> behaviour, doesn't it ?

not really -- that change just means that Python's object allocator will 
return memory chunks to the C allocator if the chunks become empty, but 
as the FAQ entry says, there are no guarantees that anything will be 
returned at all.  it all depends on your application's memory allocation 
patterns.

(did you read Evan's presentation material, btw?)

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