Memory allocation

[Simon Bayling]

I don't know about memory usage, but can you use 
>>> hash(pickledItem)

Hashing is a very common way to confirm accuracy in file downloads, for 
instance.

- Simon.

"Batista, Facundo" <FBatista at uniFON.com.ar> wrote in
news:mailman.1064263836.31956.python-list at python.org: 

> #- Can't the object just track changes to itself?  This is a fairly 
> #- common solution to the general problem you describe.  Resorting to
> #- things like checking memory consumption is not likely the best way
> #- to approach this.
> 
> Thought this. But gives me an API not separated from my main code (I
> have to subclass each class from another one).