[Python-Dev] [ python-Patches-876206 ] scary frame speed hacks

[Tim Peters]

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> Why not a list of pre-made frames for each code block (default length 1)?

Or, IOW, per-code-block frame freelists (plural).  Recursive generators have
gotten quite popular in my code <wink>.

BTW, if a gazillion distinct functions run when starting up a large app, do
we hang on to the memory for their gazillion distinct frames forever?
Recycling from a common frame pool has memory benefits in cases other than
just recursion.  Experiment:  run test.py from a Zope 2 or Zope 3 checkout,
and look at highwater memory consumption with and without the patch.