Neil Schemenauer
Guido van Rossum wrote:
I'm in. Given how low you set your stakes, I don't think you're very confident, so I'd like to call your bluff. :-)
Any opinion on where to spend effort?
There's this field called tp_cache in type objects that's not currently used... Also Oren's ideas about a lookdict_namespace sounded interesting (always interning keys, inserting failure markers, bouncing succeeding lookups into the first slot examined, IIRC). Finally, anyone planning on a new VM would be well advised to finish off the ast-branch work, I'd suggest. Cheers, M. -- Darned confusing, unless you have that magic ingredient coffee, of which I can pay you Tuesday for a couple pounds of extra-special grind today. -- John Mitchell, 11 Jan 1999