At 08:57 PM 3/8/04 +0100, Paul Johnson wrote: >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.
Thanks Paul and Bill; that's what I was looking for. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
