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memory leakage in pyfits.new_table
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pyfitsleak.py
import objgraph
import pyfits
import gc
import numpy as np
print("Create table")
#a=pyfits.Column(name='',format='K',array=[1,2,3]) # Column instead correctly frees up memory
a=pyfits.new_table([pyfits.Column(name='',format='K',array=[1,2,3])])
print("Delete table")
del a
print("Garbage collect")
gc.collect()
gc.collect()
gc.collect()
print("Still there")
print(objgraph.by_type('recarray')[0])
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zonca commented Mar 28, 2011

FIXED March 28th 2011,
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