How does dictionary size (hash table size) grow in Python ? a = {} sys.getsizeof(a) >240 a.clear() sys.getsizeof(a) >72 Once initialization time dict size become 240. Why does the dict size change to 72 instead of 240 after call the dict.clear() method ?

Created Sep 7, 2022 Edited Sep 7, 2022

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How does dictionary size (hash table size) grow in Python ?

 a = {}
 sys.getsizeof(a)
>240
a.clear()
sys.getsizeof(a)
>72

Once initialization time dict size become 240.
Why does the dict size change to 72 instead of 240 after call the dict.clear() method ?

How does dictionary size (hash table size) grow in Python?