[Python-Dev] Type of range object members (original) (raw)

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Wed Aug 16 16:02:27 CEST 2006 

Guido> I worry that dropping the special allocator will be too slow.

Greg> Surely there's some compromise that would allow recently-used ints
Greg> to be kept around, but reclaimed if memory becomes low?

Martin> Hardly. The efficiency of the special-case allocator also comes
Martin> from the fact that it doesn't ever have to release memory. Just
Martin> try changing it to see what I mean.

Wouldn't use of obmalloc offset much of that? Before obmalloc was available, the int free list was a huge win. Is it likely to be such a huge win today?

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