PSP crashes when my python program

[linksterman]

I am coding for the PSP and I have an RSS reader that will show images and stuff. the proplem is that the reader will crash after displaying i think 10 pages with images on them. here is the part of my code that blits the image to a layer, which will later be blitted to the screen.

for idx, wc in enumerate(c):
            if wc == "&": #finds out if it the beginning of a '<'
                activi=0
            if wc == "l" and activi==0:
                activi=2
            if wc=="*" and activi==2: #previously marked each image with a '*'
                url=c.replace('"', '').replace('*','')
                jpg=url.find('jpg')
                png=url.find('png')
                gif=url.find('gif')
                exten='mesa'
                if jpg>=0: #only support jpg and png
                    exten='jpg'
                    name=url[jpg-15:jpg-2]
                if png>=0:
                    exten='png'
                    name=url[png-10:png-2]
                if gif>=0:
                    exten='gif'
                    name='mesa'
                if exten != 'gif' and exten != 'mesa': #blit the image to the screen
                    name=name.replace("/", '')
                    temp=psp2d.Image('temp/%s' % name + '.' + exten)
                    locx=(480-(temp.width))/2
                    dy2+=16
                    bg.blit(temp, 0, 0, temp.width, temp.height, locx, dy2+dy)
                    dy2 += temp.height
                    temp=None #clear out the variables (thought this could help)
                    name=None
                    url=None
                    exten=None
                    png=None
                    jpg=None
                    gif=None

if I do this:

for idx, wc in enumerate(c):
            if wc == "&": #finds out if it the beginning of a '< in the xml page'
                activi=0
            if wc == "l" and activi==0:
                activi=2
            if wc=="*" and activi==2: #previously marked each image with a '*'
                url=c.replace('"', '').replace('*','')
                jpg=url.find('jpg')
                png=url.find('png')
                gif=url.find('gif')
                exten='mesa'
                if jpg>=0: #only support jpg and png
                    exten='jpg'
                    name=url[jpg-15:jpg-2]
                if png>=0:
                    exten='png'
                    name=url[png-10:png-2]
                if gif>=0:
                    exten='gif'
                    name='mesa'
                #if exten != 'gif' and exten != 'mesa': #blit the image to the screen
                  #  name=name.replace("/", '')
                    #temp=psp2d.Image('temp/%s' % name + '.' + exten) 
                    #locx=(480-(temp.width))/2
                    #dy2+=16
                    #bg.blit(temp, 0, 0, temp.width, temp.height, locx, dy2+dy)
                    #dy2 += temp.height
                    #temp=None #clear out the variables (thought this could help)
                    #name=None
                    #url=None
                    #exten=None
                    #png=None
                    #jpg=None
                    #gif=None

then i can view every page without crashes (and without images). but i need images.

It doesnt matter what order i go in. i can do (numbers represent articles)
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,CRASH
1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,CRASH
1,2,3,4,3,4,3,2,3,CRASH

say page 0 has no images, then i can do this 0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1,CRASH
so it lasts only if 10 pages with images have been displayed. I did a memory test, and there says constant (well fluxates around 15mb's) so there is no leak..

so i am really stumped on why this wont work, can someone help me out?

[bartonc]

I'm guessing (because you have not shown your import statements) that one or some of the modules in are written in C. It sounds like a memory allocation issue (not usually a problem in python itself).

[linksterman]

I'm guessing (because you have not shown your import statements) that one or some of the modules in are written in C. It sounds like a memory allocation issue (not usually a problem in python itself).

i think your right, because if i replace the

temp = psp2d.Image('temp/%s' % name + '.' + exten)

with

temp = psp2d.Image('holder.png')

it works fine. so replacing it with a constant image doesnt cause it to crash... and i tried it on my pc and works flawlessly. and when i looked at the core tracebacks, i kept getting errors about unable to make a proper traceback because too many files were open. Ill tell the dev. and hopefully it can be fixed soon.

[linksterman]

ok, this just isnt making any sense to me now.

i am using a keyboard input library for the psp called danzeff (some of you familiar with the psp probably know about it) well, when i load the keyboard (it displays it on screen allowing for input), it should lessen the ammount of pages i can see shouldnt it? since it takes roughly 8 image files to be loaded into the gfx memory (psp2d.Image()) and then it clears them out the same way i did when you close the keyboard(=None). if i comment out the keyboard i can view 10 pages, but if i dont comment out the keybaord part, and call it up, i still can still view 10 pages. shouldnt i only be able to view 2 since 8 extra image files were loaded into memory and cleared out of memory the exact same way that I clear out my temporary images? the reason i ask, is if i add this:

lalala=psp2d.Image('static.png')

before this:

temp=psp2d.Image('temp/%s' % name + '.' + exten)

to make this:

lalala=psp2d.Image('static.png')
temp=psp2d.Image('temp/%s' % name + '.' + exten)

I can only view 9 pages, since 1 more image was loaded...
if someone wants to help me, i can send you the complete program (i dont want to post it here because of size), but this is driving me nuts.