[Python-Dev] Adding pymalloc to the core (Benchmarking "fun" (was Re: Python 2.1 slower than 2.0))

[Thomas Wouters]

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 12:24:32PM +0000, Michael Hudson wrote:

> > Anyone else for adding [pyobjmalloc] now on an opt-in basis ?

> Yes.  I also want to try adding it in and then scrapping the free list
> management done by ints, frames, etc. and seeing if it this results in
> any significant slowdown.  Don't have time for another mega-benchmark
> just now though.

We could (and probably should) delay that for 2.2 anyway. Make pymalloc
default on, and do some standardized benchmarking on a number of different
platforms, with and without the typespecific freelists.

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Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>

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