[Python-Dev] Activating pymalloc (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 12:41:06 -0500

[Aahz [mailto:aahz@pythoncraft.com]]

Cool address!

I'm just picking a random spot to break into this thread. Last go-round, I seem to recall a suggestion that pymalloc get a new API and that anyone who wanted to use pymalloc would be forced to modify their code. That would leave all currently working ways of spelling malloc()/free() working.

Is there some reason why we're not doing that?

Yes: I suggested it, and it wouldn't hassle users. I'm not sure what the third strike against it was .