[Python-Dev] Re: C new-style classes and GC

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Sun, 18 May 2003 16:33:44 -0400


> I don't know wht PyDict_New doesn't just call the dict type.
> Maybe doing things in-line like this is just an optimization.

Yes; and because PyDict_New is much older than callable type objects.

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