[Python-Dev] PEP 42: sizeof(obj) builtin

[Guido van Rossum]

> > I'm about to start working on this one and wanted
> > to check here first to make sure there is still a 
> > demand for it [...]
> 
> Yes, please!  I have wished for this many times as I struggled to
> figure out which part of my program was using up too much RAM.

But the question is incredibly ill-defined, so it's not clear that
Raymond will be able to calculate a useful answer.  (See Tim's post.)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)