[issue2898] Add memory footprint query

[Georg Brandl]

Georg Brandl <georg at python.org> added the comment:

Lists will need a custom tp_footprint then, too. Or, if we call it
sizeof, the slot should be tp_sizeof. BTW, is a new slot necessary, or
can it just be a type method called __sizeof__?

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