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

I wrote a tool called RememberMe exactly for this. Basic usage:

from rememberme import memory
a = [1, 2, 3]
b = [a, a, a]
print(memory(a))  # 172 bytes
print(memory(b))  # 260 bytes. Duplication counted only once.

Hope it helps.