Re: [matplotlib-devel] Memory leaks

[John H. <jd...@gm...>]

On 7/9/07, Michael Droettboom <md...@st...> wrote:

> ...however, there are only about 40 patches between 2.12.3 and 2.13.2.
> Two of them are very crucial memory leak patches:

> When I patched 2.12.3 against these patches, the Python object leaks go
> away.  There may be workarounds matplotlib can make -- I'll look into
> that now.  Hopefully the workarounds won't be too problematic -- I would
> hate to complicate matplotlib code for the sake of something that should
> resolve itself in the next Gnome release cycle...

I wouldn't spend any time on working around a leak that is already
fixed in gobject.  We just need to update the FAQ so GTK users will
know that if they have a problem with leaks in GTK*, they need to
upgrade.

JDH