Michael Hudson wrote:
The use of Vladimir Marangoz's obmalloc patch in some of the benchmarks sparked a discussion about whether this patch should be incorporated into Python 2.1. There was support from many for adding it on an opt-in basis, since when nothing has happened...
... I'm still waiting on BDFL pronouncement on this one. The plan was to check it in for beta1 on an opt-in basis (Vladimir has written the patch this way).
-- Marc-Andre Lemburg
If it is truly opt-in (supposedly a configure option?), I'm all for it. I recall vaguely though that Jeremy or Tim thought that the patch touches lots of code even when one doesn't opt in. That was a no-no so close before the a2 release. Anybody who actually looked at the code got an opinion on that now? The b1 release is planned for March 1st, or exactly two weeks! --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)