in reply to Re^4: Memory Leak: Uses 3GB+
in thread Memory Leak: Uses 3GB+

Sorry, but there's no way (for me) to know if that 20k definitely leaked represents something to be concerned about or not.

It could be that the program will never leak more than that, in which case it's not worth worrying about. Or it could be the start of something bigger. You'd need to put the program in a loop and run it for a while to see what happens over time.

What is (full) top showing you about your real system?

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