[issue14422] Pack PyASCIIObject fields to reduce memory consumption of pure ASCII strings

[Martin v. Löwis]

Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> added the comment:

-1. Using packed structures may violate all kinds of expectations in extension modules. I consider it important that the data block of a string is well-aligned.

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