[Python-Dev] Dictionary sparseness

[Guido van Rossum]

>     Jack> I was thinking of something analogous to madvise(): ...
> 
> Quick, everyone who's used madvise() please raise your hand...  I'll bet a
> beer most people (even on this list) have never put it to good use.  We all
> know Tim probably has just because he's Tim, and apparently Jack has.
> Anyone else?  Guido, have you ever been tempted?

What's madvise()? :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)