[issue1524938] PEP MemoryError with a lot of available memory gc not called

[Mark Matusevich]

Mark Matusevich <markmat at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

This is what I got on computer with 512 MB RAM:

Mandriva Linux 2009.1
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Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jul 14 2010, 09:23:11) [GCC 4.3.2]
-----> Python process killed by operating system after 14


Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version	5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
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Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
-----> MemoryError after 10

Python 2.6.6 (r266:84297, Aug 24 2010, 18:46:32) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
-----> MemoryError after 10

Python 2.7 (r27:82525, Jul  4 2010, 09:01:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
-----> MemoryError after 10

Python 3.1.2 (r312:79149, Mar 21 2010, 00:41:52) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
-----> Sucessfull finnish in no time!!!

Unfortunately I cannot test the original program I had the problem with, because since the original post (2006) I changed the employer. Now I use Matlab :(

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