Memory usage by application, class, and method

Smalltalk User Guide : Packaging, unloading, and analyzing code : Analyzing the runtime performance of code : Using a Memory Use Report : Memory usage by application, class, and method

EsMemoryUseReport can also produce a list of the memory used by all the instances of the classes in the system. This list is sorted by size and provides the user with a quick view of what is in an image.

To get a report for the entire image, use the following:

EsMemoryUseReport countAllMemory

A list, similar to the following, is printed to the Transcript. The first column shows the number of instances. The second column shows the total bytes used, including object headers.

Array 60738 4067856

CompiledMethod 45219 2230256

EsByteCodeArray 20959 1679476

String 26564 1029320

Symbol 29594 938612

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Last modified date: 01/29/2015