Here is a memory leak fix + small optimization in the xmlreader.py (trunk). -- Cheers, Dmitry --- pywikipedia/xmlreader.py 2010-04-27 17:04:34.376531862 -0700 +++ xmlreader.py 2010-04-27 23:17:53.956531055 -0700 @@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ revision = elem.find("{%s}revision" % self.uri) yield self._create_revision(revision) + elem.clear() self.root.clear() def _parse_all(self, event, elem): @@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ if event == "end" and elem.tag == "{%s}revision" % self.uri: yield self._create_revision(elem) + elem.clear() self.root.clear() def _headers(self, elem): @@ -337,6 +339,8 @@ self.pageid = elem.findtext("{%s}id" % self.uri) self.restrictions = elem.findtext("{%s}restrictions" % self.uri) self.isredirect = elem.findtext("{%s}redirect" % self.uri) is not None + self.editRestriction, self.moveRestriction \ + = parseRestrictions(self.restrictions) def _create_revision(self, revision): """Creates a Single revision""" @@ -348,16 +352,14 @@ username = ipeditor or contributor.findtext("{%s}username" % self.uri) # could get comment, minor as well text = revision.findtext("{%s}text" % self.uri) - editRestriction, moveRestriction \ - = parseRestrictions(self.restrictions) return XmlEntry(title=self.title, id=self.pageid, text=text or u'', username=username or u'', #username might be deleted ipedit=bool(ipeditor), timestamp=timestamp, - editRestriction=editRestriction, - moveRestriction=moveRestriction, + editRestriction=self.editRestriction, + moveRestriction=self.moveRestriction, revisionid=revisionid, comment=comment, redirect=self.isredirect