From gte810u@prism.gatech.edu  Thu Sep 12 02:13:00 2002
From: gte810u@prism.gatech.edu (David Bauer)
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:13:00 -0400
Subject: Startup/Initialization Memory Leak in R
Message-ID: <5.1.1.5.2.20020911210204.00ac4270@pop.prism.gatech.edu>

    Is it already known that R does not free the memory that it allocates 
during start-up (~10MB) when it exits?  If so, are there currently any 
plans to address this problem?  I noticed that the 1.6.0 beta leaks 
slightly more memory (~300k) than the 1.5.1 stable version.

    I am working on a project that links with the R library, and there is a 
question about unloading and later re-loading the R library, so this memory 
leak could become a real issue.

Thank you.


David Bauer

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Startup/Initialization Memory Leak in R
David Bauer