[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-489672 ] memory leak in test_sre

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Bugs item #489672, was opened at 2001-12-05 18:45
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: Python 2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 7
Submitted By: Neal Norwitz (nnorwitz)
>Assigned to: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Summary: memory leak in test_sre

Initial Comment:
leak when running test_sre

see attached file for details

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>Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2001-12-06 15:18

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Hard?  Unpleasant?  Mine <wink>!  Reassigned to me, cuz in 
a moment of weakness I said I would.

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-12-06 14:08

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It's hard to make progress on this. In a loop it doesn't
leak or leaks too slowly to be useful. The code is not in a
function so it's hard to whittle down effectively.

The first leak reported by Purify is a string literal (or
actially, 4 string literals); this isn't much of a hint
since the code is chock full of those.

The second leak reported is also a string, but one created
through concatenation. There aren't too many of those in
test_sre.py, but still, who knows which one it is...

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