[Python-Dev] Need advice, maybe support

[Guido van Rossum]

> > It's better to reserve bits explicitly.  Can you submit a patch to SF
> > that makes reservations of the bits you need?  All they need is a
> > definition of a symbol and a comment explaining what it is for;
> > "reserved for Stackless" is fine.
> 
> Ok, what I'm asking for is:
> "please reserve one bit for me in tp->flags" (31 preferred) and
> "please reserve 8 bits for me in ml->flags" (24-31 preferred).
> The latter will also not degrade performance, since
> these bits shalt simply not be used, but if STACKLESS isn't
> defined, there is no need to mask these bits off.
> I also will name these fields in a way that makes it obvious
> for everybody that they better should not touch these.
> 
> Iff you agree, I'm going to submit my patch now, and my thanks
> will follow you for the rest of the subset of our lives. :)

+1

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