[New-bugs-announce] [issue15488] Closed files keep their buffer alive

[Antoine Pitrou]

New submission from Antoine Pitrou:

>>> f = open("LICENSE", "rb")
>>> sys.getsizeof(f)
4296
>>> f.close()
>>> sys.getsizeof(f)
4296

Instead of waiting for the file object's deallocation, perhaps we should free the buffer when it is closed?

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components: IO, Library (Lib)
messages: 166801
nosy: pitrou
priority: low
severity: normal
status: open
title: Closed files keep their buffer alive
type: resource usage
versions: Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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