WoWInterface - Memory issues and GetItem* functions

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Memory issues and GetItem* functions

Hi!

There's an issue with GetItemInfo and other item functions, that use item IDs. Passing big integers to these functions causes memory issues.

For example, this call

Lua Code:

GetItemInfo(1234567890)

increased memory usage up to 5-6GB.

Further GetItemInfo calls, even GetItemInfo(1), hogged even more memory, and eventually crashed the client.

When client crashed I got a window saying

Quote:

Not enough memory. Please refer to https://battle.net/support/article/6926 to find out how to reduce your memory usage

I had this earlier on the live 7.0 patch. I did not have the time to pinpoint it at the time, but indeed I was messing about with GetItemInfo.