windows mem leak

[Bob Smith]

Steve Holden wrote:
> Bob Smith wrote:
> 
>> Does the Win32 port of Python have a memory leak? I have some code 
>> that runs flawlessly on Linux, but bombs after a few hours on Windows. 
>> It's threaded and uses a lot of memory.
>>
>> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Yes, that's a well-known problem. Code that runs with a few errors will 
> port without any trouble at all to Windows, but once it runs flawlessly 
> on Linux it starts to leak memory on Windows. The PSU suspects a plot in 
> Redmond, the basic details of which ar

Oh, the humor of it all ;)

Attached is the code. Run it yourself and see. You too Peter. Be gentle 
with me, this was my first attempt with threads.
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