AW: AW: [Python-Dev] segmentation fault with python2.3a0 from cvs (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Mon, 07 Oct 2002 15:11:23 -0400

No, that was done with the DevStudio build. Note also this:

Python 2.3a0 (#29, Oct 7 2002, 19:54:53) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. pythond mem usage : 2.340 K >>> b = {} [3319 refs] >>> for i in range(1000000): ... b[i] = [i] * 60 ... [62003414 refs] pythond mem usage : 376.320 K >>> del b [3413 refs] >>> pythond mem usage : 351.716 K Again, with the devstudio build (the cygwin build will crash in the loop)

It's not a bug if freed memory is not given back to the system. Fragmentation probably prevents this in this case.

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