Detecting memory leaks on apache, mod_python

[Ilias Lazaridis]

On 22 Δεκ, 09:09, Fredrik Lundh <fred... at pythonware.com> wrote:
[...]
> For Python, standard process monitoring tools (combined with a basic
> understanding of how dynamic memory allocation works on modern
> platforms) are usually sufficient to get a good view of an application's
> memory usage patterns.
[...]

which "standard process monitoring tools" are those?

Aren't there any python specific tools (e.g. which list the python
modules which use the memory)?

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http://case.lazaridis.com/wiki/PythonAudit