去年自己写过一个程序时，不太确定自己的内存使用量，就想找写工具来打印程序或函数的内存使用量。这里将上次找到的2个内存检测工具的基本用法记录一下，今后分析python程序内存使用量时也是需要的。
memory_profiler模块（与psutil一起使用）注：psutil这模块，我太喜欢了，它实现了很多linux命令的主要功能，如：ps, top, lsof, netstat, ifconfig, who, df, kill, free 等等。示例代码（https://github.com/smilejay/python/blob/master/py2014/mem_profile.py）：
代码如下:
#!/usr/bin/env python”’created on may 31, 2014@author: jay @description: use memory_profiler module for profiling programs/functions.”’from memory_profiler import profilefrom memory_profiler import memory_usageimport time @profiledef 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 bif __name__ == ‘__main__’: a = my_func() print cur_python_mem() print “” print memory_usage((f, (1,), {‘n’: int(1e6)}), interval=0.5)
运行上面的代码，输出结果为：
代码如下:
jay@jay-air:~/workspace/python.git/py2014 $python mem_profile.pyfilename: mem_profile.pyline # mem usage increment line contents================================================ 15 8.0 mib 0.0 mib @profile 16 def my_func(): 17 15.6 mib 7.6 mib a = [1] * (10 ** 6) 18 168.2 mib 152.6 mib b = [2] * (2 * 10 ** 7) 19 15.6 mib -152.6 mib del b 20 15.6 mib 0.0 mib return a [15.61328125, 15.6171875, 15.6171875, 15.6171875, 15.6171875][15.97265625, 16.00390625, 16.00390625, 17.0546875, 23.63671875, 23.63671875, 23.640625]
guppy (使用了heapy）guppy is an umbrella package combining heapy and gsl with support utilities such as the glue module that keeps things together.示例代码（https://github.com/smilejay/python/blob/master/py2014/try_guppy.py）：
代码如下:
#!/usr/bin/env python”’created on may 31, 2014@author: jay @description: just try to use guppy-pe (useing heapy) for memory profiling.”’ from guppy import hpya = [8] * (10 ** 6)h = hpy()print h.heap()print h.heap().moreprint h.heap().more.more
注意其中，要输出更多信息的.more用法。运行上面的程序，输出结果为：
代码如下:
jay@jay-air:~/workspace/python.git/py2014 $python try_guppy.pypartition of a set of 26963 objects. total size = 11557848 bytes. index count % size % cumulative % kind (class / dict of class) 0 177 1 8151560 71 8151560 71 list 1 12056 45 996840 9 9148400 79 str 2 5999 22 488232 4 9636632 83 tuple 3 324 1 283104 2 9919736 86 dict (no owner) 4 68 0 216416 2 10136152 88 dict of module 5 199 1 210856 2 10347008 90 dict of type 6 1646 6 210688 2 10557696 91 types.codetype 7 1610 6 193200 2 10750896 93 function 8 199 1 177008 2 10927904 95 type 9 124 0 135328 1 11063232 96 dict of class index count % size % cumulative % kind (class / dict of class) 10 1045 4 83600 1 11148456 96 __builtin__.wrapper_descriptor 11 109 0 69688 1 11218144 97 dict of guppy.etc.glue.interface 12 389 1 34232 0 11252376 97 __builtin__.weakref 13 427 2 30744 0 11283120 97 types.builtinfunctiontype 14 411 2 29592 0 11312712 98 __builtin__.method_descriptor 15 25 0 26200 0 11338912 98 dict of guppy.etc.glue.share 16 108 0 25056 0 11363968 98 __builtin__.set 17 818 3 19632 0 11383600 98 int 18 66 0 18480 0 11402080 98 dict of guppy.etc.glue.owner 19 16 0 17536 0 11419616 99 dict of abc.abcmeta（后面省略了部分输出）
另外，还有一个叫“pysizer”的也是做memory profiling的，不过没怎么维护了。