UnboundMethodType and MethodType

Scott David Daniels scott.daniels at acm.org
Wed Feb 8 19:28:11 EST 2006


Kirk McDonald wrote:
 > Scott David Daniels wrote: <an elaboration on ids and refcounts>
 >
 > You know what? That makes perfect sense. Thank you.

Thanks a lot for mentioning this.  I do try to help out, and sometimes
it feels like talking to the wind.  A thanks every now and then is
greatly appreciated.

Just for fun, you can play with:

     import sys
     sys.getrefcount(123**18)
vs.
     sys.getrefcount(12)

You should know that 'small' integers are kept and shared once built.
Similarly, some strings (including all one-character strings and strings
that might be identifiers).
     sys.getrefcount('a')
     sys.getrefcount('probably_not_really_a_variable')

--Scott David Daniels
scott.daniels at acm.org



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