Get byte size of List<T>
.net, byte, list, winforms
Solution
I'm not sure the runtime provides a reliable programmatic method of getting an object's size, however there are some options open to you:
- use a tool like CLR Profiler
- use Marshal.SizeOf() (returns the unmanaged size of the object)
- serialize your object to binary for an approximation
Problem
Silly question, but in a winforms app Im currently working on, I would like to get the amount of bytes allocated/used by a `List<[SomeObject]>` held in memory (for statistical purposes). Is this possible? I have searched thru the possible options, but there is obviously no `myList.GetTotalBytes()` method.