Say I create python lists
in two ways.
In the first case I use simple assignment:
my_list = []
print(my_list, '->', my_list.__sizeof__())
my_list = [1]
print(my_list, '->', my_list.__sizeof__())
my_list = [1, 1]
print(my_list, '->', my_list.__sizeof__())
In the second case I use append()
method on list:
my_list = []
print(my_list, '->', my_list.__sizeof__())
my_list.append(1)
print(my_list, '->', my_list.__sizeof__())
my_list.append(1)
print(my_list, '->', my_list.__sizeof__())
But I get unexpected (for me) output:
=== WITH ASSIGNMENT ===
([], '->', 40)
([1], '->', 48)
([1, 1], '->', 56)
=== WITH APPEND ===
([], '->', 40)
([1], '->', 72)
([1, 1], '->', 72)
What happens internally with Python memory management? Why do the 'same' lists have different sizes?