[issue15488] Closed files keep their buffer alive
Antoine Pitrou
report at bugs.python.org
Sun Jul 29 19:56:32 CEST 2012
New submission from Antoine Pitrou:
>>> f = open("LICENSE", "rb")
>>> sys.getsizeof(f)
4296
>>> f.close()
>>> sys.getsizeof(f)
4296
Instead of waiting for the file object's deallocation, perhaps we should free the buffer when it is closed?
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components: IO, Library (Lib)
messages: 166801
nosy: pitrou
priority: low
severity: normal
status: open
title: Closed files keep their buffer alive
type: resource usage
versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4
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