# Method Debug.size_object()

Method size_object

  `int size_object(object o)`

Description

  Return the aproximate size of the object, in bytes. This might not work very well for native objects

  The function tries to estimate the memory usage of variables belonging to the object.

  It will not, however, include the size of objects assigned to variables in the object.

  If the object has a lfun::_size_object() it will be called without arguments, and the return value will be added to the final size. It is primarily intended to be used by C-objects that allocate memory that is not normally visible to pike.

See also

  lfun::_size_object(), sizeof()