[Python-Dev] New dictionaries patch on SF (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw bwarsaw@beopen.com
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 11:01:24 -0400 (EDT)

"Fred" == Fred L Drake, Jr <fdrake@beopen.com> writes:

Fred> None the less, performance is an issue for dictionaries, so
Fred> I came up with the idea to use a specialized version for
Fred> string keys.

Note that JPython does something similar for dictionaries that are used for namespaces. See PyStringMap.java.

-Barry