[Python-Dev] with_traceback

[Greg Ewing]

Adam Olsen wrote:

> How plausible would it be to optimize all exception instantiation?
> Perhaps use slots and a freelist for everything inheriting from
> BaseException and not inheriting from other builtin types?

I'm not sure a free list would help much for instances
of user define classes, since creating one involves setting
up a dict, etc. And if you use __slots__ you end up with
objects of different sizes, which isn't free-list-friendly.

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