Matplotlib errors result in a memory leak. How can I free up that memory?

Question

I am running a django app that includes matplotlib and allows the user to specify the axes of the graph. This can result in \'Overflow Error: Agg complexity exceeded

Answer 1

I find here http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg11809.html , it gives an interesting answer that may help

try replacing :

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure()

with

from matplotlib import figure
fig = figure.Figure()