Python deep getsizeof list with contents?

Question

I was surprised that sys.getsizeof( 10000*[x] ) is 40036 regardless of x: 0, \"a\", 1000*\"a\", {}.
Is there a deep_getsizeof which properly co

Answer 1

Have a look at guppy/heapy; I haven't played around with it too much myself, but a few of my co-workers have used it for memory profiling with good results.

The documentation could be better, but this howto does a decent job of explaining the basic concepts.