python 3.3 repr

[Cousin Stanley]

> ....
> We don't say len({42: None}) to discover 
> that the dict requires 136 bytes, 
> why would you use len("heåvy") 
> to learn that it uses 23 bytes ?
> ....

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
    illustrate the difference in length of python objects
    and the size of their system storage
"""

import sys

s = "heåvy"

d = { 42 :  None }

print
print '                   s :  %s' % s
print '            len( s ) :  %d' % len( s )
print '  sys.getsizeof( s ) :  %s ' % sys.getsizeof( s )
print
print
print '                   d : ' , d
print '            len( d ) :  %d' % len( d )
print '  sys.getsizeof( d ) :  %d ' % sys.getsizeof( d )


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Stanley C. Kitching
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona