On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
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> Obviously I could use PyObject_Str() and PyString_Size() to get a
> decent figure, but that seems like overkill.
>
> What I'm hoping for is some simple function that zips through a
> complex object and sums its approximate memory usage
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Jerry Hill wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Based on the docs and http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577504/ I
>> understand that to be non-recursive. I'm guessing then that there
>> isn't a recursive version, and that it's best
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Based on the docs and http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577504/ I
> understand that to be non-recursive. I'm guessing then that there
> isn't a recursive version, and that it's best to recurse myself?
Yes, you're right. I completely miss
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jerry Hill wrote:
> For python 2.6 and later, sys.getsizeof() will probably do what you
> want. It relies on objects implementing a __sizeof__() method, so
> third-party objects may or may not support this, but since you're
> looking at dicts and lists, you shoul
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:18 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I have an application that embeds Python to allow third-party
> scripting. The Python code returns data to the application in the form
> of a list or dictionary, and I'd like to have a quick check on the
> size of the outputted object before
