[Python-Dev] Type of range object members (original) (raw)
"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Aug 16 17:29:37 CEST 2006
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skip at pobox.com schrieb:
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?
That's my theory: it isn't a huge win. Guido has another theory: it's still faster. Only benchmarking can tell.
Regards, Martin
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