How do I begin debugging a python memory leak?

[Andrew Svetlov]

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On Sep 16, 8:10 pm, Matthew Wilson <m... at tplus1.com> wrote:
> I have a web app based on TurboGears 1.0.  In the last few days, as
> traffic and usage has picked up, I noticed that the app went from using
> 4% of my total memory all the way up to 50%.
>
> I suspect I'm loading data from the database and somehow preventing
> garbage collection.
>
> Are there any tools that might help me out with this?