[Python-Dev] pymalloc killer (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:03:01 -0500

It's quite attractive to just let the old vectors leak.

Yes. If you double the vector's size each time it needs to be moved, the leakage is a small percentage of allocated memory.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)