[Python-Dev] pymalloc and overallocation (unicodeobject.c,2.139,2.140 checkin) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 17:09:38 -0400

[Tim]

The conclusion doesn't change, though: that's still in the range of block pymalloc handles (and will remain so unless I reduce pymalloc's small-object threshold below what's needed for pymalloc to handle small dicts on its own -- which I'm unlikely to do).

Would it make sense to change the Unicode object to use pymalloc, and to change the UTF-8 codec to count the bytes if the shortest possible output would fit in a pymalloc block? (I guess this means that the length of the Unicode string should be less than SMALL_REQUEST_THRESHOLD - currently 256.)

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