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r63856 | robert.schuppenies | 2008-06-01 18:16:17 +0200 (So, 01 Jun 2008) | 2 lines
Issue #2898: Added sys.getsizeof() to retrieve size of objects in bytes.
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r63859 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-01 18:42:16 +0200 (So, 01 Jun 2008) | 2 lines
Some style nits. Also clarify in the docstrings what __sizeof__ does.
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r63860 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-01 19:05:56 +0200 (So, 01 Jun 2008) | 2 lines
Fix test_descrtut.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index b354603..b69de3f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
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@@ -331,6 +331,16 @@
:func:`setrecursionlimit`.
+.. function:: getsizeof(object)
+
+ Return the size of an object in bytes. The object can be any type of
+ object. All built-in objects will return correct results, but this
+ does not have to hold true for third-party extensions as it is implementation
+ specific.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
.. function:: _getframe([depth])
Return a frame object from the call stack. If optional integer *depth* is