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From: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:29:14 +0100
Subject: pytracemalloc 0.7: new tool to track memory leaks in Python
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Hi,

Wyplay is proud to announce the release of a new tool to track Python
memory allocations: "pytracemalloc".

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytracemalloc
https://github.com/wyplay/pytracemalloc

pytracemalloc provides the following information:

- Allocated size and number of allocations per file,
  or optionally per file and line number
- Compute the average size of memory allocations
- Compute delta between two "snapshots"
- Get the source of a memory allocation: filename and line number

It helps to track memory leaks: show directly in which Python files
the memory increases.

Example of pytracemalloc output (compact):

    2013-02-28 23:40:18: Top 5 allocations per file
    #1: .../Lib/test/regrtest.py: 3998 KB
    #2: .../Lib/unittest/case.py: 2343 KB
    #3: .../ctypes/test/__init__.py: 513 KB
    #4: .../Lib/encodings/__init__.py: 525 KB
    #5: .../Lib/compiler/transformer.py: 438 KB
    other: 32119 KB
    Total allocated size: 39939 KB

Example of pytracemalloc output (full):

    2013-03-04 01:01:55: Top 10 allocations per file and line
    #1: .../2.7/Lib/linecache.py:128: size=3D408 KiB (+408 KiB),
count=3D5379 (+5379), average=3D77 B
    #2: .../unittest/test/__init__.py:14: size=3D401 KiB (+401 KiB),
count=3D6668 (+6668), average=3D61 B
    #3: .../2.7/Lib/doctest.py:506: size=3D319 KiB (+319 KiB), count=3D197
(+197), average=3D1 KiB
    #4: .../Lib/test/regrtest.py:918: size=3D429 KiB (+301 KiB),
count=3D5806 (+3633), average=3D75 B
    #5: .../Lib/unittest/case.py:332: size=3D162 KiB (+136 KiB),
count=3D452 (+380), average=3D367 B
    #6: .../Lib/test/test_doctest.py:8: size=3D105 KiB (+105 KiB),
count=3D1125 (+1125), average=3D96 B
    #7: .../Lib/unittest/main.py:163: size=3D77 KiB (+77 KiB),
count=3D1149 (+1149), average=3D69 B
    #8: .../Lib/test/test_types.py:7: size=3D75 KiB (+75 KiB),
count=3D1644 (+1644), average=3D46 B
    #9: .../2.7/Lib/doctest.py:99: size=3D64 KiB (+64 KiB), count=3D1000
(+1000), average=3D66 B
    #10: .../Lib/test/test_exceptions.py:6: size=3D56 KiB (+56 KiB),
count=3D932 (+932), average=3D61 B
    3023 more: size=3D1580 KiB (+1138 KiB), count=3D12635 (+7801), average=
=3D128 B
    Total: size=3D3682 KiB (+3086 KiB), count=3D36987 (+29908), average=3D1=
01 B

To install pytracemalloc, you need to patch and recompile your own
version of Python to be able to hook all Python memory allocations.

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Europe-based, and internationally recognized, Wyplay=E2=80=99s TV-centric
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STBs, and in-home media-HDD products.
http://www.wyplay.com/

Victor