[Python-Dev] RFC: PEP 454: Add a new tracemalloc module (original) (raw)

Alexander Belopolsky alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com
Thu Sep 5 02:46:21 CEST 2013

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>wrote:

API ===

To trace the most Python memory allocations, the module should be enabled as early as possible in your application by calling tracemalloc.enable() function, by setting the PYTHONTRACEMALLOC environment variable to 1, or by using -X tracemalloc command line option.

Functions --------- enable() function: Start tracing Python memory allocations. disable() function: Stop tracing Python memory allocations and stop the timer started by starttimer(). isenabled() function: Get the status of the module: True if it is enabled, False otherwise.

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