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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# size.py
+# Copyright (C) 2014 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+Recursively get size of objects.
+"""
+from gc import collect
+from itertools import chain
+from sys import getsizeof
+
+
+def _get_size(item, seen):
+    known_types = {dict: lambda d: chain.from_iterable(d.items())}
+    default_size = getsizeof(0)
+
+    def size_walk(item):
+        if id(item) in seen:
+            return 0
+        seen.add(id(item))
+        s = getsizeof(item, default_size)
+        for _type, fun in known_types.iteritems():
+            if isinstance(item, _type):
+                s += sum(map(size_walk, fun(item)))
+                break
+        return s
+
+    return size_walk(item)
+
+
+def get_size(item):
+    """
+    Return the cumulative size of a given object.
+
+    Currently it supports only dictionaries, and seemingly leaks
+    some memory, so use with care.
+
+    :param item: the item which size wants to be computed
+    :rtype: int
+    """
+    seen = set()
+    size = _get_size(item, seen)
+    del seen
+    collect()
+    return size