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Wed Dec 31 01:40:02 CET 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-December/084651.html

Jesus Cea <jcea <at> jcea.es> writes:
> 
> Mike Coleman wrote:
> > I guess if ints are 12 bytes (per Beazley's book, but not sure if that
> > still holds), then that would correspond to a 1GB reduction.
> 
> Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Dec 11 2008, 20:28:07)
> [GCC 4.2.3] on sunos5
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import sys
> >>> sys.getsizeof(0)
> 12

On a 32-bit system, sure, but given Mike creates a 45 GB dict, he has a 64-bit
system, where ints are 24 bytes:

>>> sys.getsizeof(0)
24
>>> sys.getsizeof(100000)
24

cheers

Antoine.

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