[Python-Dev] Opcode cache in ceval loop

[Sven R. Kunze]

On 01.02.2016 22:27, Yury Selivanov wrote:
> Right now they are private constants in ceval.c.
>
> I will (maybe) expose a private API via the _testcapi module to 
> re-define them (set them to 1 or 0), only to write better unittests.  
> I have no plans to make those constants public or have a public API to 
> tackle them.  IMHO, this is something that almost nobody will ever use.

Alright. I agree with you on that.

What I actually meant was: how can we find the optimal values? I 
understand that 1000 and 20 are some hand-figured/subjective values for now.

Is there standardized/objective way to find out the best values? What 
does best even mean here?

Best,
Sven