Memory Allocation?

[Chris S.]

Gerrit Holl wrote:
> Chris S. wrote:
> 
>>Is it possible to determine how much memory is allocated by an arbitrary 
>>Python object? There doesn't seem to be anything in the docs about this, 
>>but considering that Python manages memory allocation, why would such a 
>>module be more difficult to design than say, the GC?
> 
> 
> Why do you want it?

It would seem desirable to know how the components of one's program 
occupies memory.