I'm hosting IronPython in a c#-based WebService to be able to provide custom extension scripts. However, I'm finding that memory usage sharply increases when I do simple load testing by executing the webservice repeatedly in a loop.
IronPython-1.1 implemented IDisposable on its objects so that you can dispose of them when they are done. The new IronPython-2 engine based on the DLR has no such concept.
From what I understood, everytime you execute a script in the ScriptEngine a new assembly is injected in the appdomain and can't be unloaded.
Is there any way around this?
You could try creating a new AppDomain every time you run one of your IronPython scripts. Although assebmlies cannot be unloaded from memory you can unload an AppDomain and this will allow you to get the injected assembly out of memory.
IronPython memory usage