From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to debug memory leaks Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:18:13 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="40725"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 25 16:25:36 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lPRrc-000ASK-4B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:25:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50098 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lPRrb-0000Ih-6D for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:25:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37996) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lPRkj-0001ZH-DG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:18:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:29707) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lPRkf-0005BX-SS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:18:28 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6CC8910022E; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:18:22 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1F74A1001D2; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:18:21 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1616685501; bh=blT7iZ9BJk3UjJQCGHJmOEjDvhDHKVxsetXIW38vLSI=; h=From:To:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Kf8Qb4YzX/qpc4nlR6hP+j0Zqp0y9MtgrAXAvvSYdUU2E5dBMobJjM1x/ALV9f4M4 F8B6dLbTqPDduKOWz7+Z9ouBa2KRpFhJc0GiGxL2Oh1u8G0AHIywnPJgeu7ySW61Ih RKckrdLo+5lxsLEtbK0CKLMwHkzMVe+Q/pSkXFJ8fFBNwmhtl/U32npKS5xjqvvToD V4pTfmgcVvBtvL3kR3mjvltny1vgcMgt8DR4y8naupubAEpJnfDkpunDKR2F/9PtJd 8/DThy+LHu4pFzcqHhuWCFas20aYlpknUqpC1oF8NUss4iBVK6P5Lb5FT7YFTF02Z4 DrKzMo9MysLJg== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.43.249]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BD7DC1202CA; Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:18:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Jean Louis's message of "Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:01:14 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128568 Archived-At: > So maybe that memory effects, whatever they are, leaking, plumbing, > I do not observe it now, but who knows... Call it "excessive memory use". That term even has the advantage of including a notion of personal judgment (in the term "excessive") which indeed reflects the fact that maybe this is not the result of a bug, but you still find it excessive (and other people may disagree without making your judgment wrong since it's just an opinion). Stefan