[issue5654] Add C hook in PyDict_SetItem for debuggers

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger at users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

This is a critical path in Python and it should be kept as clean as
possible.  If something like this goes in, it should be #ifdef'd out by
default; otherwise, we have everyone paying the price for a feature that
almost no one will use.

Strong -1 against this being in the default build.

Also, I'm not convinced that the idea itself is even that useful.  Why
dictionary sets/dels and not list assignments and whatnot.  By itself,
this one watchpoint hook provides very little utility.  We've already
cluttered the codebase with various trace and timing options.  If
something else were to be included, it should be part of a larger, well
thought out approach (like what is being done for DTrace).

----------
nosy: +rhettinger

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue5654>
_______________________________________