[ python-Bugs-1048495 ] Memory leaks?

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Bugs item #1048495, was opened at 2004-10-17 04:49
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Roman Mamedov (romanrm)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Memory leaks?

Initial Comment:
Open python command-line interpreter. Enter:

>>> a = range (10000000)

Observe Python memory usage. 20 Mb real, 159 Mb virtual memory here(I'm on windows). Enter:

>>> a = 0

Observe memory usage again. 120 mb real/120 mb virtual. OK, this is a garbage collected language, lets try to garbage-collect.

>>> import gc
>>> gc.collect()
0

That didn't help. The memory usage is still at 120/120.

So, the question is, when that "range" object will get deleted, or how to do delete it manually? Why garbage collection doesn't get rid of "orphaned" objects?

Any comments?

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