[Python-Dev] peps: Add memory consumption table.

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:13:11 +0200
martin.v.loewis <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>  
> +Performance
> +-----------
> +
> +Performance of this patch must be considered for both memory
> +consumption and runtime efficiency. For memory consumption, the
> +expectation is that applications that have many large strings will see
> +a reduction in memory usage. For small strings, the effects depend on
> +the pointer size of the system, and the size of the Py_UNICODE/wchar_t
> +type. The following table demonstrates this for various small string
> +sizes and platforms.

The table is for ASCII-only strings, right? Perhaps that should be
mentioned somewhere.

Regards

Antoine.