In article <3CF540FE.6B43B2F5@gmx.de> , Tim Nikias <tim### [at] gmxde>  wrote:

> I'm not sure of the status of those reports, if
> they were confirmed officially, or if something
> else might be causing the memory increase.

Those have been explained a very long time ago in p-beta-test:  Some people
observed memory use increasing by a few KB with each render using the system
monitor, which is exactly the size needed to store the statistics and other
message output.  So there is no problem and never was.

I should point out that the system monitor just like any other external tools
are completely unsuitable to measure any memory usage in a correct manner.
There is no way to get the correct information without access to the source
code and linking it with libraries suitable for that task or enabling the
POV-Ray internal memory tracking.  All other measurements gained with external
methods could just be replaced by random data which would say as "much"!

> I'm aware that you are actually a little "afraid"
> of rumors, so I'll be less POV-offensive
> the next time, okay? ;)

Well, you already responded to a rumor so I suppose you now know why they are
a problem :-)  Even if they were explained long ago as being false and
baseless someone will have missed that explanation...

    Thorsten

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