[PD] [GEM] - bug loading pictures with pix_image for a long time ?

[Ivan Franco]

On Aug 26, 2005, at 3:27 PM, B. Bogart wrote:

> This is a known memory leak in loading many files (image?) over time.
>
> Did anyone narrow it down? I saw it first 2 years ago...
>

yes, it's been there for a while...

> If your using OSX you can use pix_film in place of pix_image.

Also pix_multimage is ok for the purpose.

>
> Are you using CVS or 0.90?

0.90 on OSX
and
0.91 on Win


>
> B.
>
> Ivan Franco wrote:
>
>> Hi list
>> Ok, not sure why this happens and there is a workaround but
>> still I felt I should report it.
>> Very simple: in a gem patch pix_image stops accepting the loading  
>> of images
>> after a few hours.
>>
>> something like this:
>>
>> [metro 1000]
>> |
>> [random 2]
>> |
>> [sel 0 1 2]
>> |       \        \
>> [open 1.jpg]   [open 2.jpg]   [open 3.jpg]
>> |                           /                          /
>> [pix_image]
>>
>>
>> of course we can always use pix_multiimage but I used the previous  
>> on an
>> installation
>> and the bug only came out after a few hours (some thousands of this
>> operation?).
>>
>> OSX 10.4.2, Hans Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC2, Gem 0.9
>> although it also happens with Windows and 0.91
>>
>> Cheers~
>> I.
>>
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