How to reduce the memory size of python

[Steve Holden]

Mishra Gopal-QBX634 wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> When i write following pyhon program and execute it in linux machine,
>  
> if __name__=='__main__':
>     while True:
>           pass
>  
> When i check the VmRSS size, it shows 2956 KB in size.
>  
> Is there any way to reduce the memory size taken by python.
>  
> I am working in flash memory devices.
>  
> Any suggession is highly helpfull to me.
>  
It would not be easy to reduce the size of the standard interpreter, but
there are various implementations for embedded devices. You may get some
help from

  http://wiki.python.org/moin/Tiny%20Python

and

  http://wiki.python.org/moin/Tiny%20Python

A company called Synapse has a working cut-down Python implementation
that they embed in their 802.15 wireless mesh devices, which IIRC
occupies less than 128K.

There is a lot in the standard interpreter that you won't need - many
embedded systems don't need floating point arithmetic, for example.

regards
 Steve
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