How to profile memory usage with ipython / jupyter

ipython_memory_profile.py

In [1]: import ipython_memory_usage.ipython_memory_usage as imu

In [2]: imu.start_watching_memory()
In [2] used 0.0000 MiB RAM in 5.31s, peaked 0.00 MiB above current, total RAM usage 15.57 MiB

In [3]: %cat slots.py
class MyClass(object):
        __slots__ = ['name', 'identifier']
        def __init__(self, name, identifier):
                self.name = name
                self.identifier = identifier

num = 1024*256
x = [MyClass(1,1) for i in range(num)]
In [3] used 0.2305 MiB RAM in 0.12s, peaked 0.00 MiB above current, total RAM usage 15.80 MiB

In [4]: from slots import *
In [4] used 9.3008 MiB RAM in 0.72s, peaked 0.00 MiB above current, total RAM usage 25.10 MiB

In [5]: %cat noslots.py
class MyClass(object):
        def __init__(self, name, identifier):
                self.name = name
                self.identifier = identifier

num = 1024*256
x = [MyClass(1,1) for i in range(num)]
In [5] used 0.1758 MiB RAM in 0.12s, peaked 0.00 MiB above current, total RAM usage 25.28 MiB

In [6]: from noslots import *
In [6] used 22.6680 MiB RAM in 0.80s, peaked 0.00 MiB above current, total RAM usage 47.95 MiB