[wxPython-users] wxPython memory usage

[Werner F. Bruhin]

Hi Andrea,

Andrea Gavana wrote:
> Hi Werner,
>
> On 2/2/07, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
>> Are the mem usage reports more accurate, I don't know.  But a task
>> iconized which does not do anything, should in my view have a lower
>> memory usage - as it is probably/should be swapped to virtual memory 
>> (disk).
>
> Uhm, I thought that if you load data into your app, the data is still
> there, whether the app is iconized or not. I mean, if I load a 100 MB
> text file into self.myTextFile, does it get somewhat hidden if I
> iconize my GUI?
I am no expert, so take this with a grain of salt.

I guess that the 100MB is still used in the virtual size, but the space 
or at least some of it is released from RAM (Working Set).

Werner