[Python-3000] Free list for small longs
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Feb 6 20:20:13 CET 2008
> My new
> sys._compact_freelists() deallocates the float and int blocks which do
> not contain a referenced object.
I wonder whether such a thing should run as a side effect of a full
garbage collection, also. GC has a chance to free up arenas for good,
and allocated-but-unused blocks on arenas prevent Python from returning
them to the OS.
Regards,
Martin
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