[Python-Dev] cpython: Implement PEP 412: Key-sharing dictionaries (closes #13903)

[Mark Shannon]

Kristján Valur Jónsson wrote:
> 
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>> Behalf Of martin at v.loewis.de
>> Sent: 24. apríl 2012 17:44
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>> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Implement PEP 412: Key-sharing
>> dictionaries (closes #13903)
>>
>>> Benchmarks should measure memory usage too, of course.  Sadly that is
>>> not possible in standard cPython.
>> It's actually very easy in standard CPython, using sys.getsizeof.
>>
> Yes, you can query each python object about how big it thinks it is.
> What I'm speaking of is more like:
> start_allocs, start_mem = allocator.get_current()
> allocator.reset_limits()
> run_complicated_tests()
> 
> end_allocs, end_mem = allocator.get=current()
> 
> Print "delta blocks: %d, delta mem: %d"%(end_allocs-start_allocs, end_mem-start_mem)
> print "peak blocks: %d, peak mem: %d"%allocator.peak()

Take a look at the benchmark suite at
http://hg.python.org/benchmarks/
The test runner has an -m option that profiles memory usage,
you could take a look at how that is implemented

Cheers,
Mark.