
Hi Mark, I've just cloned :
Repository: https://bitbucket.org/markshannon/cpython_new_dict
Do please try it on your machine(s).
.... that's a: Linux random 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 10 05:01:58 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux and I'm getting: gcc -pthread -c -Wno-unused-result -g -O0 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o Objects/dictobject.o Objects/dictobject.c gcc -pthread -c -Wno-unused-result -g -O0 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -I. -I./Include -DPy_BUILD_CORE -o Objects/memoryobject.o Objects/memoryobject.c Objects/dictobject.c: In function ‘dict_popitem’: Objects/dictobject.c:2208:5: error: ‘PyDictKeyEntry’ has no member named ‘me_value’ make: *** [Objects/dictobject.o] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... Cheers francis