[Python-ideas] RFC: PEP: Add dict.__version__

[Victor Stinner]

Hi,

Andrew Barnert:
> Which implies to me that the PEPs really need to anticipate and answer these questions.

The dict.__version__ PEP mentions FAT python as an use case. In fact,
I should point to the func.specialize() PEP which already explains
partially the motivation for static optimizers:
https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0510/#rationale

But ok I will enhance the PEP 510 rationale to explain why static
optimizers makes sense in Python, maybe even more sense than a JIT
compiler in some cases (short living programs). By the way, I think
that Mercurial is a good example of short living program. (There is a
project for a local "server" to keep a process in backgroud, this one
would benefit from a JIT compiler.)

Victor