Memory Leak? Considering Tcl/Tk Instead...

[Paul Prescod]

"Stephen D. Cohen" wrote:
> 
> Gang,
> 
>      I hope someone can help, as I am at a loss.  I have a Python
> program that is the front end for a realtime system.  The realtime
> code sends data to the front panel in the form of Python statements
> which are executed in a handler by use of the eval statement.  The
> handler looks like this:

Is there any reason for the eval statement? It's probably your problem.
Python is a little bit different than Tcl. Using eval is rare. More
structured mechanisms are typically more robust, give better error
recovery, have better security and don't have a memory leak.

http://groups.google.com/groups?ic=1&th=ca4cd031e4c7b98c,8&seekm=396EEAFF.3AD7B951%40bioreason.com#p

>...
>      I am a long time Tcl/Tk user considering using Python for a new
> project.  I would love to have access to Python's object oriented
> features and vast library, but if this is the sort of quality I can
> expect, I'll stick with Tcl - thank you very much.

No need to be snarky. If you use Python as Python, it will work fine.
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