[Python-Dev] ucnhash module

Greg Ward gward@mems-exchange.org
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:39:08 -0400


On 29 June 2000, M.-A. Lemburg said:
> The ucnhash module is loaded on demand to avoid memory bloat.
> In practice the difference is not really noticeable since 
> loading a shared module or swapping in a few pages of static
> C data result in pretty much the same overall memory usage.
> 
> If no-one complains, I'll fix the test suite though to make
> the tests of the named Unicode characters optional.

How 'bout a separate "test_ucn" to test this feature?

...of course, this is yet another case of language syntax features
becoming optional and selectable at compile-time, which I still think is
a bad idea.  Hmmm.

        Greg