2 Dec
2002
2 Dec
'02
12:39 a.m.
M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
Allocating the data on the heap would prevent sharing the static data between processes (provided you have multiple of the running), so if you want to add that feature, please make it an option and not the default.
Don't worry: I think extending the freeze mechanism even further is a waste of time; I think Jack's concerns could also be addressed with an import hook. Also, about the checkin that that triggered Jack's remark: I'm very likely to back out the imp.[sg]et_frozenmodules patch as what I wanted to achieve would be a much better candidate for the zip import mechanism, which is sadly still pending. I'll have a closer look at that and see whether I can help getting this in before 2.3.a1. Just