code_snippets/mem_profile_old.py

from pympler import summary, muppy
import psutil
import resource
import os
import sys

def memory_usage_psutil():
    # return the memory usage in MB
    process = psutil.Process(os.getpid())
    mem = process.get_memory_info()[0] / float(2 ** 20)
    return mem

def memory_usage_resource():
    rusage_denom = 1024.
    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
        # ... it seems that in OSX the output is different units ...
        rusage_denom = rusage_denom * rusage_denom
    mem = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF).ru_maxrss / rusage_denom
    return mem