[IronPython] Debugging support PythonEngine

[Kristof Wagemans]

Leaking memory with IronPython.Compiler.Options.GenerateDynamicMethods =
false isn't really a big issue: ClrDebuggingEnabled = true already starts to
leak memory (at least that's what the comment says).

 

Is there any complete documentation about what actions cause memory leaks?
By following this mailing list and looking at the source code comments I
know of some things, but I'm sure that I don't know all situations. Maybe it
would be a good idea to have a setting AllowMemoryLeaks which has a default
of false. Whenever you go through a code path that is going to leak memory
through code generation you could throw an exception. This way, you know at
least that something you're doing is wrong. If you're OK with the memory
leak, then you could set AllowMemoryLeaks to true. 

 

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From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com
[mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Shri Borde
Sent: Thursday 17 August 2006 23:49
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: Re: [IronPython] Debugging support PythonEngine

 

The first issue is probably the same that IL offset 0 does not have any
debug information.

 

Calling the delegate "add" steps into a DynamicMethod which confuses VS. A
workaround for now is to add this statement before creating the
PythonEngine.

IronPython.Compiler.Options.GenerateDynamicMethods = false;

This disabled the use of DynamicMethods altogether and will instead use
AssemblyBuilder. This is not generally recommended or supported since you
are going to leak memory since AssemblyBuilder memory cannot be reclaimed.
However, VS seems to be better able to deal with AssemblyBuilder during
stepping, and it might be good enough for you. This is a case where we will
would need to teach the tool (VS) to handle DynamicMethods differently than
it currently does.

 

 

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