Re: [Matplotlib-users] Looking for memory tips for interactive use

[Fernando P. <Fer...@co...>]

John Hunter wrote:
>>>>>>"Fernando" == Fernando Perez <Fer...@co...> writes:
> 
> 
>     Fernando> You can try to do:
> 
>     Fernando> import gc gc.collect()
> 
>     Fernando> This will force the garbage collector to kick in, which
>     Fernando> sometimes may help.
> 
> I'm not seeing any leak on linux with my standard memory leak test, eg
> 
>   unit/memleak_hawaii3.py
> 
> in CVS.

Oh, I don't think it's necessarily a leak.  Simply a ton of unreachable stuff 
lying around, which a call to gc.collect() may help with.

Best,

f