[Python-Dev] Python 3.6 dict becomes compact and gets a private version; and keywords become ordered (original) (raw)

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu Sep 15 11:36:43 EDT 2016


On 09/15/2016 08:02 AM, Raymond Hettinger wrote:

Eric is correct on this one. The consecutive hashes make a huge difference for Python 3.5. While there is a table full table scan, the check for NULL entries becomes a predictable branch when all the keys are in consecutive positions. There is an astonishingly well written stack overflow post that explains this effect clearly: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11227809

Thanks for that. Very good answer.

-- Ethan



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