Python hits the spot

[Tim Peters]

[Andrew Koenig]
> Don't some implementations of malloc offer a way to ask the operating
> system to commit to the memory being available when you allocate it?
> If so, I can imagine testing for that facility at config time and
> using it if available.

SourceForge remains open 24 hours a day for patches.  My bet is that nobody
cares enough to bother -- the barrier for complaining on Usenet is one an
ant can hurdle with ease <wink>.