[issue26474] ctypes: Memory leak at malloc_closure.c

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor added the comment:

> malloc_closere.c

We are talking about Modules/_ctypes/malloc_closure.c.

> The items are being allocated in the more_core method using VirtualAlloc / mmap. However they never get released.

The allocation is only done once. I'm not sure that it can be called a leak. Calling the function 1,000 times will not allocate more memory.

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nosy: +haypo
title: Memory leak at malloc_closure.c -> ctypes: Memory leak at malloc_closure.c
versions: +Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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