#!/usr/bin/env python ''' Created on May 31, 2014 @author: Jay @description: use memory_profiler module for profiling programs/functions. ''' from memory_profiler import profile from memory_profiler import memory_usage import time @profile def my_func(): a = [1] * (10 ** 6) b = [2] * (2 * 10 ** 7) del b return a def cur_python_mem(): mem_usage = memory_usage(-1, interval=0.2, timeout=1) return mem_usage def f(a, n=100): time.sleep(1) b = [a] * n time.sleep(1) return b if __name__ == '__main__': a = my_func() # print cur_python_mem() # print "" # print memory_usage((f, (1,), {'n': int(1e6)}), interval=0.5)