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piksel/restart_if_oom.py

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Code to restart the python script if it gets an OOM exception. Yes, this is the wrong way to handle memory leaks, but unfortunately they sometimes occur in libraries out of your control.
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restart_if_oom.py
try:
main()
except MemoryError, e:
print("Out of memory! Restarting proces...")
os.execl(sys.executable, *([sys.executable]+sys.argv))
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