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| author | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2008-06-04 14:18:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2008-06-04 14:18:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 00709aaa3dc7da374e94a3ede8e05603e8a95066 (patch) | |
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r63856 | robert.schuppenies | 2008-06-01 18:16:17 +0200 (So, 01 Jun 2008) | 2 lines
Issue #2898: Added sys.getsizeof() to retrieve size of objects in bytes.
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r63859 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-01 18:42:16 +0200 (So, 01 Jun 2008) | 2 lines
Some style nits. Also clarify in the docstrings what __sizeof__ does.
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r63860 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-01 19:05:56 +0200 (So, 01 Jun 2008) | 2 lines
Fix test_descrtut.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index b354603..b69de3f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -331,6 +331,16 @@ always available. :func:`setrecursionlimit`. +.. function:: getsizeof(object) + + Return the size of an object in bytes. The object can be any type of + object. All built-in objects will return correct results, but this + does not have to hold true for third-party extensions as it is implementation + specific. + + .. versionadded:: 2.6 + + .. function:: _getframe([depth]) Return a frame object from the call stack. If optional integer *depth* is |