Re: Memory consumption.

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[Erik Terpstra]: >>>Is there some method that tells me how much memory a certain object >>>consumes? >> >> String: 4 long + 1 pointer + the length of your string in bytes * 1 char >> Fixnum: 2 long + 1 int >> Array: 4 long + 1 pointer + the length of your array * 1 pointer > > Hmmm thanks, but I'm affraid that doesn't really help me when I want to > know the memory consumption of a DOM tree for example. I guess Marshal.dump(object).size would give you a rough estimate. If you want something more precise you will probably have to write a recursive function based on the above and Object#instance_variables. // Niklas