E.4 Memory Usage

These functions and variables give information about the total amount of memory allocation that Emacs has done, broken down by data type. Note the difference between these and the values returned by garbage-collect; those count objects that currently exist, but these count the number or size of all allocations, including those for objects that have since been freed.

Variable: cons-cells-consed

The total number of cons cells that have been allocated so far in this Emacs session.

Variable: floats-consed

The total number of floats that have been allocated so far in this Emacs session.

Variable: vector-cells-consed

The total number of vector cells that have been allocated so far in this Emacs session.

Variable: symbols-consed

The total number of symbols that have been allocated so far in this Emacs session.

Variable: string-chars-consed

The total number of string characters that have been allocated so far in this session.

Variable: misc-objects-consed

The total number of miscellaneous objects that have been allocated so far in this session. These include markers and overlays, plus certain objects not visible to users.

Variable: intervals-consed

The total number of intervals that have been allocated so far in this Emacs session.

Variable: strings-consed

The total number of strings that have been allocated so far in this Emacs session.