[lxml-dev] elements in gc.garbage - ok ?

[Jeroen van Hilst]

Hi,

While using lxml (which is a great tool!), i am experiencing some memory 
issues.

I have made a small piece of code that makes elements go into in gc.garbage.

I am suspecting this to be the problem of my program cunsuming lots of 
memory.
Can someone tell me if it is ok that this happens - or what the reason is ?

Thanks in advance.

    - Jeroen

#======================
from lxml import etree
import gc

gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)

for x in range(1,19):
    r = etree.Element('div')
    s = str(x)
    #if the attr is not touched there are no messages from gc
    r.attrib[s] = s

gc.collect()
if gc.garbage: print gc.garbage
#======================

I am using:

Windows XP SP2
Python 2.5.1.1
lxml 1.3.6
libml 2.6,28










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