Message 166789 - Python tracker

> sys.getsizeof is certainly CPython-specific. However, __sizeof__ is not
> just an implementation detail of sys.getsizeof, just as __len__ is not an
> implementation detail of len(). Authors of extension types are supposed to
> implement it if object.__sizeof__ is incorrect.

I think there is one difference between __len__ and __sizeof__. __sizeof__ 
should be overloaded only for C-implemented classes. IMHO, it is a part of C 
API.