[Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #27350: Document compact dict memory usage

[victor.stinner]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0773e5cb8608
changeset:   103708:0773e5cb8608
user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
date:        Mon Sep 12 14:43:14 2016 +0200
summary:
  Issue #27350: Document compact dict memory usage

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst |  2 ++
  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@
 
 * :func:`dict` now uses a "compact" representation `pioneered by PyPy
   <https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2015/01/faster-more-memory-efficient-and-more.html>`_.
+  The memory usage of the new :func:`dict` is between 20% and 25% smaller
+  compared to Python 3.5.
   :pep:`468` (Preserving the order of ``**kwargs`` in a function.) is
   implemented by this. The order-preserving aspect of this new
   implementation is considered an implementation detail and should

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