[Python-Dev] Activating pymalloc

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Sat, 16 Mar 2002 02:26:53 -0500


[Andrew MacIntyre]
> ...
> I plan to have another look at those old experiments (things pretty
> much worked, but there was a savage performance hit...).

I remember.  If people report positive results on Linux and Windows, I'd +1
it even if it slowed all other platforms.  I see Neil fiddled his patch to
allow turning pymalloc off again, and that makes it a no-brainer (if it
sucks on your platform, turn it off on your platform).