images\purify_sml.gifmethod+descendants (M+D) bytes

The total amount of memory allocated to objects belonging to a method, and to all of the methods it calls, both directly and indirectly. For example: method A calls methods B and C, B calls methods D and E, E calls method F, and C calls method G. The M+D bytes for method A would then be the total for all objects belonging to A + B + C + D + E + F + G.

See also method bytes and object + reference (O+R) size in the glossary.

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