Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Memory leak, but only in a plug-in?

[Barry W. <bar...@gm...>]

Yes. It'll likely have to wait until I get into work on Monday morning.

cheers,
Barry

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Steve Steiner <sst...@ma...> wrote:
> Barry,
>
>        Could you please attach the new, improved version of the demo to the
> original bug report so any interested party can quickly see the problem.
>
>        Instructions for using Instrument to show the problem might be handy
> too if you've got time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> S
>
> On Oct 11, 2008, at 5:17 PM, Barry Wark wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Steve Steiner <sst...@ma...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>>      Barry Wark and I have been trying to track down a problem in both of
>>> our apps.
>>>
>>>      An NSDictionary returned from a plug-in leaks CFDictionary objects
>>> in
>>> exactly the same number as the number of returned NSDictionary's  -- same
>>> number of CFDictionary objects, and also allocations for each item in the
>>> dictionary flagged as 'keys' and 'object storage.'
>>
>> Just to clarify the issue: this leak is present if the plugin is
>> written in python (and compiled to a loadable bundle using py2app) and
>> loaded into an Objective-C app. The leak does not occur if the plugin
>> is loaded into a Python app. This issue was first described in bug
>> #1982104
>> (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1982104&group_id=14534&atid=114534).
>>
>>>
>>>      This happens regardless of where the dictionary's allocated.
>>> Allocating in the main ObjC calling program and passed into the plug-in
>>> or
>>> created in the plug-in itself, same behaviour.
>>>
>>>      Anybody have a clue why this is?  We've proven it pretty
>>> conclusively
>>> and clearly and have a working demonstration that I can put up if
>>> anyone's
>>> interested.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> S
>>> aka Steve Steiner
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>