Merge pull request #57 from fsteggink/nlextract_memory_fix

Fix for NLExtract memory issue, #211
geopython · Oct 4, 2017 · 8483ffa · 8483ffa
2 parents d2f3d4b + 9eb4510
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diff --git a/stetl/filters/xmlelementreader.py b/stetl/filters/xmlelementreader.py
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ def process_xml(self, packet):
 
                     if self.strip_namespaces:
                         packet.data = Util.stripNamespaces(elem).getroot()
+
+                    # Clear the root element, since iterparse still builds a tree
+                    # See http://effbot.org/zone/element-iterparse.htm
+                    self.root.clear()
 
             # If there is a next component, let it process
             if self.next: