Python memory leaks

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00:00 Question
00:31 Accepted answer (Score 116)
01:02 Answer 2 (Score 102)
02:03 Answer 3 (Score 32)
02:24 Answer 4 (Score 26)
03:30 Thank you

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1435415/python-memory-leaks

Accepted answer links:
[Tracing python memory leaks]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160316152429/http://www.lshift.net/blog/2008/11/14/tracing-python-memory-leaks/
[garbage collection module]: http://docs.python.org/library/gc.html
[this code by Gnibbler]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1641231/python-working-around-memory-leaks/164128 #1641280

Answer 2 links:
[pympler]: https://github.com/pympler/pympler
[pympler's documentation]: https://pythonhosted.org/Pympler/
[Identifying memory leaks]: https://pythonhosted.org/Pympler/muppy.html

Answer 3 links:
[mem_top]: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mem_top

Answer 4 links:
[Tracemalloc module]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/tracemalloc.html
[a third-party library]: https://pytracemalloc.readthedocs.io/
[pyrasite]: https://pyrasite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
[top 10 snippet]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/tracemalloc.html#display-the-top-10
[pyrasite-shell]: https://pyrasite.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Shell.html

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