Major memory leak during embedding Python in C++

[Ben Held]

Having recently upgraded to Python 2.4, I am having a large memory
leak with the following code built with VC++ 6.0:

PyObject *pName, *pModule;

Py_Initialize();
pName = PyString_FromString(argv[1]);

pModule = PyImport_Import(pName);
Py_DECREF(pName);

PyObject* pModule2 = PyImport_ReloadModule(pModule);
Py_DECREF(pModule2);
Py_DECREF(pModule);
Py_Finalize();
return 0;

I get leaks of over 500 kb. I have another program which is much more
complex, in which every call to PyImport_ReloadModule is leaking 200+
kb, even though I am calling Py_DECREF correctly.

Help!

 

[Jon-Pierre Gentil]

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Having recently upgraded to Python 2.4, I am having a large memory
leak with the following code built with VC++ 6.0:

Your first mistake is that Python 2.3.3 is the latest version.
Wherever you got Python 2.4, I'd be scared.


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