[New-bugs-announce] [issue3122] sys.getsizeof() gives an AttributeError for _sre objects.

[Robert Schuppenies]

New submission from Robert Schuppenies <okkotonushi at googlemail.com>:

>>> import re
>>> import sys
>>> r = re.compile('')
>>> sys.getsizeof(r)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: __sizeof__

This applies to objects of the types _sre.SRE_Pattern,
_sre.SRE_Scanner, and _sre.SRE_Match.

The attached patch addresses this issue.

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assignee: schuppenies
components: Interpreter Core
files: _sre_sizeof.patch
keywords: patch, patch
messages: 68266
nosy: schuppenies
severity: normal
status: open
title: sys.getsizeof() gives an AttributeError for _sre objects.
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6, Python 3.0
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file10639/_sre_sizeof.patch

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