[MATRIX-SIG] memory leak (fwd)

[David Ascher]

On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Guido van Rossum wrote:

I asked:

>>>Is there a known memory leak in NumPy, with a patch available, or did I
>>>just find a new one?  I vaguely remember something being talked about
>>>months ago, but clearly it hasn't made it in the latest available
>>>distribution.

Conrad Huang %CGL <conrad@cgl.ucsf.edu> said:

>> I have a guess as to what the problem may be, and I was going to wait
>> until 1.5b1 came out to see if it's already fixed.  But now that you
>> asked...
>> [...]
>> Will someone "in the know" please check my logic?  Thanks,

Guido answered:

> Your logic is flawless.  Here's a patch for 1.5a4.  Let me know if it
> does the trick for you!

Turns out that wasn't my problem, mine was a bug in another module.
(missing DECREF, again...).  Just as well -- we got two bugs with one bug
report. =)

--david




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