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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/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index dee4965..de2e91d 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -610,6 +610,39 @@
 #endif /* USE_MALLOPT */
 
 static PyObject *
+sys_getsizeof(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	static PyObject * str__sizeof__ = NULL;
+
+	/* Initialize static variable needed by _PyType_Lookup */
+	if (str__sizeof__ == NULL) {
+		str__sizeof__ = PyUnicode_InternFromString("__sizeof__");
+		if (str__sizeof__ == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* Type objects */
+	if (PyType_Check(args)){
+		PyObject *method = _PyType_Lookup(Py_TYPE(args),
+						  str__sizeof__);
+		if (method == NULL) {
+			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+				     "Type %.100s doesn't define __sizeof__",
+				     Py_TYPE(args)->tp_name);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(method, args, NULL);
+	} 
+	else
+		return PyObject_CallMethod(args, "__sizeof__", NULL);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(getsizeof_doc,
+"getsizeof(object) -> int\n\
+\n\
+Return the size of object in bytes.");
+
+static PyObject *
 sys_getrefcount(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
 {
 	return PyLong_FromSsize_t(arg->ob_refcnt);
@@ -812,6 +845,7 @@
 	{"getrefcount",	(PyCFunction)sys_getrefcount, METH_O, getrefcount_doc},
 	{"getrecursionlimit", (PyCFunction)sys_getrecursionlimit, METH_NOARGS,
 	 getrecursionlimit_doc},
+ 	{"getsizeof",	sys_getsizeof,  METH_O, getsizeof_doc},
 	{"_getframe", sys_getframe, METH_VARARGS, getframe_doc},
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 	{"getwindowsversion", (PyCFunction)sys_getwindowsversion, METH_NOARGS,
@@ -983,6 +1017,7 @@
 getprofile() -- get the global profiling function\n\
 getrefcount() -- return the reference count for an object (plus one :-)\n\
 getrecursionlimit() -- return the max recursion depth for the interpreter\n\
+getsizeof() -- return the size of an object in bytes\n\
 gettrace() -- get the global debug tracing function\n\
 setcheckinterval() -- control how often the interpreter checks for events\n\
 setdlopenflags() -- set the flags to be used for dlopen() calls\n\