Re: [Matplotlib-users] Memory trouble with imshow

On Feb 19, 2008 8:37 AM, Leif Oppermann <lx...@cs...> wrote:

> from pylab import *
> import gc
> for i in range (1000):
>    A=rand(1024,1024)
>    im = imshow(A)
>    #del A #doesn't help
>    #del im #doesn't help
>    #print gc.garbage # no garbage

matplotlib overplots by default -- try setting

  hold(False)

before your loop, and call gc.collect() occassionally

eg

  if (i%100)==0: gc.collect()

JDH