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Elaborate that sizeof only accounts for the object itself.

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@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ always available.
does not have to hold true for third-party extensions as it is implementation does not have to hold true for third-party extensions as it is implementation
specific. specific.
Only the memory consumption directly attributed to the object is
accounted for, not the memory consumption of objects it refers to.
If given, *default* will be returned if the object does not provide means to If given, *default* will be returned if the object does not provide means to
retrieve the size. Otherwise a :exc:`TypeError` will be raised. retrieve the size. Otherwise a :exc:`TypeError` will be raised.