C# How to find the size of a reference type
Hmmm. I'd be using a profiling tool, but I guess something like this might work:
long before = System.GC.GetTotalMemory(true);
Foo instance = new Foo();
long after = System.GC.GetTotalMemory(true);
long consumed = after - before;
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Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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Doctor Jones almost 2 years
I was wondering if there is a way to find the size of a reference type in C#. I've done some Googling and the general idea on the forums seem to be that this isn't possible. I thought I'd ask you guys and see if anyone here knew better.
After all, profiling tools must have a way of doing this? I know it isn't usual to need to know this information, but it would be useful to have in some situations.
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user1068352 almost 10 yearsWhat's the reason for down vote?
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Alex almost 9 yearsThis will only measure the size of an new, empty object and does not reflect the actual memory consumption of a existing one. There also may be a accuracy-problem in multi-threaded solutions.
