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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2008 - 09:14:22 CST

Ondrej,
  I haven't encountered such a leak previously, so I'll need you to
send me the script(s) you're using that trigger the behavior you're
seeing. If I can reproduce the problem here, then it should be easy
to fix.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 04:08:09PM +0100, Ondrej Marsalek wrote:
> hi again,
>
> i have encountered a memory leak in vmd, one that i find pretty
> severe. i am using a cvs version of vmd from 2008-11-21, i can provide
> details of my setup if it's relevant.
>
> as i have mentioned before, i am interested in getting rid of
> volumetric data "on the fly", as it won't fit into memory. it was
> recommended before that i use separate molecules, as volumetric data
> can't be removed from molecules. i have done just that, the only
> problem - the molecules do get removed, but the memory is not released
> until i quit vmd. i would like to ask for a fix of this, as it makes
> my intended use impossible. on a more general level, i consider it a
> clear memory leak and would report it even if it was not an issue for
> me at the moment.
>
> thanks for considering it,
>
> regards,
> ondrej marsalek 

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