[Matplotlib-users] imshow memory leak in pylab mode?

[K.-Michael A. <kmi...@gm...>]

Dear all,

I'm not sure if this is by design or a problem:

In a pylab session, if I repeatedly call imshow with the same image, 
memory increases each time.
This does not happen if i go the 'Artists' way (fig = .., ax = 
fig.add---, im = ax.imshow)
Is there a way to avoid memory consumption like this in the pylab style?
Even a clf() does not release the memory.
My config is the latest Enthought distribution in 32-bit mode for MacOS.

BR,
Michael