Re^2: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory

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Re^3: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by carcus88 (Acolyte) on Jul 22, 2010 at 21:24 UTC
twig_roots does prove to be most useful for when you only want one little bit of data. A single file only consumes 19MB as opposed to 166MB. However it still does not release memory when I try to $t->dispose(). This also does not solve my problem for scripts that have to process all the data.	[reply]
Re^4: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 22, 2010 at 22:42 UTC
However it still does not release memory when I try to $t->dispose(). How did you ascertain that?	[reply]
Re^5: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by carcus88 (Acolyte) on Jul 23, 2010 at 04:45 UTC
By watching the size of the process. It does not decrease after dispose is called. Unless I misunderstand the purpose of dispose I would expect memory to be released and the size of the process to go down.	[reply]
Re^6: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 23, 2010 at 04:59 UTC
Re^7: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by carcus88 (Acolyte) on Jul 23, 2010 at 14:43 UTC
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Re^4: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by AndyZaft (Hermit) on Jul 22, 2010 at 21:54 UTC
Very strange, since dispose calls the Twig object's destructor explicitly. But then again I don't know much about how the GC works in the Perl process. So your memory usage keeps growing the more files you process if I'm understanding this correctly, right?	[reply]
Re^5: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by carcus88 (Acolyte) on Jul 23, 2010 at 04:38 UTC
Correct, no matter what I have tried it keeps growing approx 160-180MB for each file.	[reply]


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