[Python-Dev] MemoryError... how much memory? (original) (raw)

Facundo Batista facundobatista at gmail.com
Thu Oct 28 13:14:54 CEST 2010

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:

If you see MemoryError (5 bytes), the things you go looking for are very different from those you look for when you see MemoryError(1 gajillion bytes). (i.e. for the former, you look for a memory or other resource leak, for the latter, you look for the reason your code is trying to get 1 gajillion bytes from the OS). If a long-lived server isn't crashing but is still getting MemoryError occasionally, problems with specific oversized requests are much more likely than a general resource leak (as those usually bring the whole process down eventually).

Very well explained, you're all right.

Furthermore, our server is fairly complex: we're using quite some libraries to do different jobs, and one of the approaches (not the only one) that we're taking to deal with this beast is to analyze its memory-related behaviour from an external POV (thinking it as a black box).

So, beyond it's arguable utility, do you think that having that information could harm us in some way?

Regards,

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