On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 01:20:26PM -0600, Michael C. Davis wrote: > Hi, is there a good way to tell how much memory a given data structure is > consuming? I realize that there are issues in using this number to > determine runtime memory requirements (like the fact that, in some > circumstances, a running Perl process does not give back allocated memory > to the operating system until the process exits) but ... are there > guidelines like 100 bytes per REF, for example? Or is there a routine to > which I can pass my data structure and have it tell me the size? Thanks!
Take a look at Devel::Size on CPAN. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
