memleak_nongui.py

from __future__ import print_function
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Agg')
from matplotlib.figure import Figure
from matplotlib.cbook import report_memory


def plot():
    fig = Figure()
    i = 0
    while True:
        print(i, report_memory(i))
        fig.clf()
        ax = fig.add_axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.7, 0.7])
        ax.plot([1, 2, 3])
        i += 1

if __name__ == '__main__':
    plot()