On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 11:42 AM, martin.v.loewis < python-check...@python.org> wrote:
> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cddaf96c8149 > changeset: 77484:cddaf96c8149 > parent: 77482:1f6c23ed8218 > user: Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> > date: Sun Jun 17 10:40:16 2012 +0200 > summary: > Elaborate that sizeof only accounts for the object itself. > > files: > Doc/library/sys.rst | 3 +++ > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst > --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst > +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst > @@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ > does not have to hold true for third-party extensions as it is > implementation > specific. > > + Only the memory consumption directly attributed to the object is > + accounted for, not the memory consumption of objects it refers to. > + > If given, *default* will be returned if the object does not provide > means to > retrieve the size. Otherwise a :exc:`TypeError` will be raised. > > Great, thanks. Eli
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