waste_memory.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Copyright 2014 Brett Slatkin, Pearson Education Inc.
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# Preamble to mimick book environment
import logging
from pprint import pprint
from sys import stdout as STDOUT


# Example 1
import os
import hashlib

class MyObject(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.x = os.urandom(100)
        self.y = hashlib.sha1(self.x).hexdigest()

def get_data():
    values = []
    for _ in range(100):
        obj = MyObject()
        values.append(obj)
    return values

def run():
    deep_values = []
    for _ in range(100):
        deep_values.append(get_data())
    return deep_values