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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index af3c35f9ad..9882fdde54 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ New library modules: * :mod:`selectors`: High-level and efficient I/O multiplexing, built upon the :mod:`select` module primitives. * :mod:`statistics`: A basic numerically stable statistics library (:pep:`450`). +* :mod:`tracemalloc`: Trace Python memory allocations (:pep:`454`). New expected features for Python implementations: @@ -400,6 +401,23 @@ deviation of a data series. PEP written and implemented by Steven D'Aprano +tracemalloc +----------- + +The new :mod:`tracemalloc` module (defined in :pep:`454`) is a debug tool to +trace memory blocks allocated by Python. It provides the following information: + +* Traceback where an object was allocated +* Statistics on allocated memory blocks per filename and per line number: + total size, number and average size of allocated memory blocks +* Compute the differences between two snapshots to detect memory leaks + +.. seealso:: + + :pep:`454` - Add a new tracemalloc module to trace Python memory allocations + PEP written and implemented by Victor Stinner + + Improved Modules ================ |