[Tutor] object size in python is in what units?

[Jim Mooney]

On 23 July 2013 07:21, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> You can check the size in bytes of an object with sys.getsizeof e.g.:
>
> >>> import sys
> >>> sys.getsizeof(lardKronk)
> 36
>

And yet I still get 36 with this:

bigKronk = Kronk('supercalifracilisticexpalidocious, even though the sound
of it is really quite atrocious')
sys.getsizeof(bigKronk)
36

So I guess the object is only pointing to its contents.  Which I assume
means an object is just a bunch of names bound to pointers.

Jim
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