[Rd] object.size vs lobstr::obj_size

[Hervé Pagès]

Hi Tomas,

On 3/27/20 07:01, Tomas Kalibera wrote:
> they provide an over-approximation

They can also provide an "under-approximation" (to say the least) e.g. 
on reference objects where the entire substance of the object is ignored 
which makes object.size() completely meaningless in that case:

   setRefClass("A", fields=c(stuff="ANY"))
   object.size(new("A", stuff=raw(0)))      # 680 bytes
   object.size(new("A", stuff=runif(1e8)))  # 680 bytes

Why wouldn't object.size() look at the content of environments?

Thanks,
H.

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