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Am 05.02.2015 um 21:36 schröbte mchalkley@mail.com:

Hello,


Hi!



I'm trying to debug some memory usage issues in a Lua script that I'm
working on.

What's the best way to get the total amount of memory a table is using?
There is a module lua-getsize that adds a `debug.getsize` function which does what you want. Original is here[1], a modified version that fixes some issues and adds compatibility with Lua 5.2 and 5.3 is here[2]. lua-getsize uses PUC-Rio Lua internals, so it doesn't work with LuaJIT. You can combine lua-getsize with the microscope[3] module to get GraphViz images like this[4] (sizes in bytes are in square brackets). 




Thanks,

Mark



Philipp


  [1]: http://code.matthewwild.co.uk/lua-getsize/
  [2]: https://github.com/siffiejoe/lua-getsize/
  [3]: https://github.com/siffiejoe/lua-microscope/
  [4]: http://siffiejoe.github.io/lua-microscope/example1.gif