memory leakage detection

[Haigu]

Hi here,
I'm writting a project with python embedded in C++. Since there are too
much C++ code, I'm not sure of getting the reference countings correct, nor
of the existence of circular references. So is there any way to detect
memory leaks in python???

 

[David Rushby]

Hi here,
I'm writting a project with python embedded in C++. Since there are too
much C++ code, I'm not sure of getting the reference countings correct, nor
of the existence of circular references. So is there any way to detect
memory leaks in python???

Take a look at the Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt file in the Python source
distribution, especially the section about COUNT_ALLOCS.

Also:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-August/037664.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/doc-sig/2001-July/001951.html