gistfile1.txt

import json
import time
import sys
import unicodedata
import re

import gc

CHARACTER_WHITESPACE = '\u2581'

class MyHooks(object):
    done = False

    def on_gc_minor(self, stats):
        pass

    def on_gc_collect_step(self, stats):
        pass

    def on_gc_collect(self, stats):
        print(gc.get_stats(True))

hooks = MyHooks()
gc.hooks.set(hooks)

def read(filename):
    with open(filename) as f:
        for line in f:
            yield json.loads(line)

def main():
    time.sleep(2)
    l = read(sys.argv[1])
    l = [CHARACTER_WHITESPACE + re.sub('\s+', CHARACTER_WHITESPACE, i) for i in l]
    time.sleep(5)
    

main()