[Python-Dev] patch: speed up name access by up to 80%
Guido van Rossum
guido@python.org
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:53:21 -0500
> * Inline small dictionary tables in the PyObject struct and only
> revert to external tables for larger ones. (I have an old patch
> for this one which you might want to update)
I may be missing some context, but AFAIK we already do this. See
dictobject.h: the last item in struct _dictobject is
PyDictEntry ma_smalltable[PyDict_MINSIZE];
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