[Python-Dev] Need advice, maybe support (original) (raw)

Christian Tismer tismer@tismer.com
Mon, 19 May 2003 23:20:18 +0200

Guido van Rossum wrote:

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Do you think the number of bits in mlflags might ever grow beyond 16, or should I just assume that I can safely abuse them?

thanks a lot -- chris It's better to reserve bits explicitly. Can you submit a patch to SF that makes reservations of the bits you need? All they need is a definition of a symbol and a comment explaining what it is for; "reserved for Stackless" is fine.

Ok, what I'm asking for is: "please reserve one bit for me in tp->flags" (31 preferred) and "please reserve 8 bits for me in ml->flags" (24-31 preferred). The latter will also not degrade performance, since these bits shalt simply not be used, but if STACKLESS isn't defined, there is no need to mask these bits off. I also will name these fields in a way that makes it obvious for everybody that they better should not touch these.

Iff you agree, I'm going to submit my patch now, and my thanks will follow you for the rest of the subset of our lives. :)

sincerely -- chris

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