How can i estimate memory usage of std::map?

Question

For example, I have a std::map with known sizeof(A) and sizeof(B), while map has N entries inside. How would you estimate its memory usage? I\'d say it\'s something like

Answer 1

You could use MemTrack, by Curtis Bartley. It's a memory allocator that replaces the default one and can track memory usage down to the type of allocation.

An example of output:

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Memory Usage Statistics
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allocated type                        blocks          bytes  
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struct FHRDocPath::IndexedRec          11031  13.7% 2756600  45.8%
class FHRDocPath                       10734  13.3%  772848  12.8%
class FHRDocElemPropLst                13132  16.3%  420224   7.0%
struct FHRDocVDict::IndexedRec          3595   4.5%  370336   6.2%
struct FHRDocMDict::IndexedRec         13368  16.6%  208200   3.5%
class FHRDocObject *                      36   0.0%  172836   2.9%
struct FHRDocData::IndexedRec            890   1.1%  159880   2.7%
struct FHRDocLineTable::IndexedRec       408   0.5%  152824   2.5%
struct FHRDocMList::IndexedRec          2656   3.3%  119168   2.0%
class FHRDocMList                       1964   2.4%   62848   1.0%
class FHRDocVMpObj                      2096   2.6%   58688   1.0%
class FHRDocProcessColor                1259   1.6%   50360   0.8%
struct FHRDocTextBlok::IndexedRec        680   0.8%   48756   0.8%
class FHRDocUString                     1800   2.2%   43200   0.7%
class FHRDocGroup                        684   0.8%   41040   0.7%
class FHRDocObject * (__cdecl*)(void)     36   0.0%   39928   0.7%
class FHRDocXform                        516   0.6%   35088   0.6%
class FHRDocTextColumn                   403   0.5%   33852   0.6%
class FHRDocTString                      407   0.5%   29304   0.5%
struct FHRDocUString::IndexedRec        1800   2.2%   27904   0.5%