On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:10:34 -0500, python wrote: > Is there a formula for determining the approximate size of a dictionary > (minus its data) under 32 and 64 bit Python with a specific average key > size?
If you're using Python 2.6, the sys module has a new function getsizeof() which returns the number of bytes used by an object. You can also look at this recipe: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/546530/ This question has been asked before. See: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-January/472683.html http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-March/135223.html and probably others. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
