Measure heap usage in Python 3?

Asked Feb 28 '19 at 13:50

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How can I measure heap usage in Python 3?

I don't mean measuring the size of the allocated virtual memory of a Python process. I want to measure the actual amount of memory used by objects within a Python process. This amount of memory should be tracked by the GC. How can I access such values? Is there an API? (There should be - I just couldn't find it, I suppose ..)

For clarification: I'm not talking about some in-detail profiling. I'm talking about an application giving a rough estimate of how much memory it currently consumes internally. I'm talking about some kind of equivalent to the Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory() in Java. Some method or function that returns a value in almost no time at all.

edited Mar 01 '19 at 09:02

asked Feb 28 '19 at 13:50

Regis May

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is your question this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33978/find-out-how-much-memory-is-being-used-by-an-object-in-python – MattR Feb 28 '19 at 13:55
@MattR: No, sorry. – Regis May Mar 01 '19 at 09:03

Measure heap usage in Python 3?

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