Like I''ve said many times in this forum, I''m loading many scripts into memory for execution in my engine. However, I load ALL the scripts at the start of the engine, whether they''re running or not. I''m worried about how much memory Python will use up for these scripts. Does it store more or less information (in terms of bytes) then the .pyc (compiled python file) file the script is stored in? This is a future-looking discussion, cause if I''m going to change this, NOW would be a good time, as opposed to when I''ve already built all the scripts :S (I''m also using Boost.Python, does this add considerable amounts to the heap usage [don''t really care about the stack usage so much]) Thanks Chris Pergrossi My Realm | "Good Morning, Dave"

quote:Original post by thedustbustr
To answer your question: load up your engine with no scripts loaded, hit ctrl-alt-del, and look at your memory usage (assuming you have NT/XP). Now load up a whole bunch of scripts and check your memory usage. Now take the difference and compare that to the sum of the .pyc filesizes.

However, I would load only the scripts needed. Thinking ahead, what happenes when the scripting gets complex (you have an ai script for each class of actor, not to mention big fluffy dialogue scripts and level scripts)? It seems foolish to waste the memory.

Of course, if your scripts are trivial, and you forsee them STAYING trivial, well it''s your call.

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Aight, thanks guys. I''ve decided to rework my engine (after having just finished my filesystem) to load only the active scripts, and load the others as they''re needed. Thanks again.

Chris Pergrossi
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quote:Original post by c t o a n
Aight, thanks guys. I''ve decided to rework my engine (after having just finished my filesystem) to load only the active scripts, and load the others as they''re needed. Thanks again.

Actually, if you do eventually get an answer to the question you asked - whether empirically or from external sources, I''d be interested to know.

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