[Python-Dev] Re: C new-style classes and GC (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sun, 18 May 2003 16:33:44 -0400


I don't know wht PyDictNew doesn't just call the dict type. Maybe doing things in-line like this is just an optimization.

Yes; and because PyDict_New is much older than callable type objects.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)