[Zope] How do reset a dtml-var

Chris Gray cpgray@library.uwaterloo.ca
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:15:43 -0400 (EDT)


The document I was pointed to is:

http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/HowTos/PreventAndDebugMemLeaks


On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, hans wrote:

> Chris Gray wrote:
> 
> > A caveat about the REQUEST.set method:
> >
> > There is a memory leak associated with this technique.  Use it as
> > sparingly as possible.
> >
> > (This points to another reason for the dtml-let end tag -- garbage
> > collection.)
> >
> > Before I found out about this, I used REQUEST.set quite freely with the
> > result that I now restart the Zope server automatically at regular
> > intervals to prevent the gradually swelling process from bogging down.
> 
> oops :-o
> please tell me:
> where is this documented? how did you find out?
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