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Re: Debugging memory leaks

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rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> On Jun 15, 5:16 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> > Is a web browser a “typical desktop app”? A filesystem browser? An
> > instant messenger? A file transfer application? A podcatcher? All of
> > those typically run for months at a time on my desktop.
> >
> > Any memory leak in any of those is going to cause trouble, please
> > hunt them all down with fire and exterminate with prejudice.
>
> Oh well -- I guess I am an old geezer who shuts my machine when I am
> done!

As do I. And when I power on the machine, it resumes exactly where it
left off: with the exact same contents of memory as when I pressed the
Suspend button.

That is, the memory leak will continue to accumulate as the run time of
the process continues.

> Yeah I know -- not so good for the disk though its good for the
> planet!

You can have both: a continuous session, and stop consuming power while
not using your machine.

-- 
 \     “It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to |
  `\    persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” —Carl |
_o__)                                                            Sagan |
Ben Finney

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Debugging memory leaks writeson <doug.farrell@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 18:24 -0700
  Re: Debugging memory leaks dieter <dieter@handshake.de> - 2013-06-13 08:29 +0200
    Re: Debugging memory leaks Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 20:15 +0000
      Re: Debugging memory leaks Steve Simmons <square.steve@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 22:45 +0100
      Re: Debugging memory leaks Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 08:36 +1000
      Re: Debugging memory leaks Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 02:40 +0000
        Re: Debugging memory leaks Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 19:30 +1000
        Re: Debugging memory leaks Giorgos Tzampanakis <giorgos.tzampanakis@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 22:57 +0000
          Re: Debugging memory leaks Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-15 01:39 +0000
        Re: Debugging memory leaks dieter <dieter@handshake.de> - 2013-06-15 08:52 +0200
        Re: Debugging memory leaks Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 17:21 +1000
        Re: Debugging memory leaks dieter <dieter@handshake.de> - 2013-06-16 08:18 +0200
      Re: Debugging memory leaks rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 06:53 -0700
        Re: Debugging memory leaks Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 10:11 +1000
        Re: Debugging memory leaks Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-06-15 10:16 +1000
          Re: Debugging memory leaks rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 20:16 -0700
            Re: Debugging memory leaks Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-06-15 21:23 +1000
              Re: Debugging memory leaks rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 04:35 -0700
                Re: Debugging memory leaks Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 21:54 +1000
  Re: Debugging memory leaks writeson <doug.farrell@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 11:07 -0700
    Re: Debugging memory leaks Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-06-13 14:44 -0400
  Re: Debugging memory leaks rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 05:36 -0700
  Re: Debugging memory leaks "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-06-21 08:50 +0200

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