module helpers.size_helper#

Short summary#

module ensae_teaching_cs.helpers.size_helper

Functions to measure the size of an object.

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Functions#

function

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object_size

Calls getsizeof.

total_size

Returns the approximate memory footprint an object and all of its contents.

Documentation#

Functions to measure the size of an object.

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ensae_teaching_cs.helpers.size_helper.object_size(o)#

Calls getsizeof.

Paramètres:

o – object

Renvoie:

size of the object, that excludes references objects.

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ensae_teaching_cs.helpers.size_helper.total_size(o, handlers=None)#

Returns the approximate memory footprint an object and all of its contents.

Paramètres:

  • o – object to measure

  • handlers – for recursivity purpose

Renvoie:

total size

Automatically finds the contents of the following builtin containers and their subclasses: tuple, list, deque, dict, set and frozenset. To search other containers, add handlers to iterate over their contents:

handlers = {SomeContainerClass: iter,
            OtherContainerClass: OtherContainerClass.get_elements}

Source : activestate referenced by function getsizeof.

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