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Issue #27350: Document compact dict memory usage [#27350]

Victor Stinner victor.stinner@gmail.com
date	Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:43:14 +0200
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--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Py

:func:dict now uses a "compact" representation pioneered by PyPy[](#l1.5) <https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2015/01/faster-more-memory-efficient-and-more.html>_.

The memory usage of the new :func:dict is between 20% and 25% smaller
compared to Python 3.5. :pep:468 (Preserving the order of **kwargs in a function.) is implemented by this. The order-preserving aspect of this new implementation is considered an implementation detail and should