#!/usr/bin/python

import netsnmp
import time

sess = netsnmp.Session(Version = 1, DestHost = 'localhost', Community = 'public')
time.sleep(5)
i = 0
while (i < 10000):
      i = i + 1
      if (i % 100 == 0):
	 print i
      sess = netsnmp.Session(Version = 1, DestHost = 'localhost', Community = 'public')
time.sleep(5)





results:
user 21147 39.0  0.2  @@6752@@  4348 pts/4    S+   07:49   0:00 python pymemtest
user 21147 70.3  0.2  @@6884@@  4424 pts/4    R+   07:49   0:14 python pymemtest
user 21147 77.0  0.3  @@7396@@  4884 pts/4    R+   07:49   1:08 python pymemtest