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

mylist = 10000 * [x] means create a list of size 10000 with 10000 references to object x.

Object x is not copied - only a single one exists in memory!!!

So to use getsizeof, it would be: sys.getsizeof(mylist) + sys.getsizeof(x)