[Python-Dev] Can't compile _tkinter.c with Redhat 9 (post-SF#719880)

[Anthony Baxter]

>>> "Jeff Hobbs" wrote
> Leaks, or just consumes?  I mentioned in my previous email that it
> appears that Tk does consume a lot of memory when using 32-bit
> Tcl_UniChars.  Tk isn't completely leak-free, but it doesn't have
> any known major leaks.  I don't know why increasing the size of a
> Tcl_UniChar would start creating leaks (although it does seem to
> consume more memory than it should just for that increase in data
> size ... so it does require more examination).

After 2 1/2 days it's using 250Mbytes of RAM. There's a slow but 
steady increase continually across the time it's running. That's
without loading any HTML or any weird stuff - just text.

Anthony