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def SomeLongRunningLibraryCall(arg1, arg2):
    import time

    max_dict_entries = 2500
    delay_per_entry = .005

    some_large_dictionary = {}
    dict_entry_count = 0

    while(1):

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def measure_memory_usage(target_call, target_args, log_filename=None, memory_denominator=1024.0**2, memory_usage_refresh=0.005):
    """
    measure the memory usage of a function call in python.\n
    Note: one may have to restart python to get accurate results.\n
    :param target_call: function to be tested\n
    :param target_args: arguments of the function in a tuple\n
    :param memory_usage_refresh: how frequent the memory is measured, default to 0.005 seconds\n
    :return: max memory usage in kB (on Linux/Ubuntu 14.04), may depend on OS
    """
    import time