[Python-Dev] Type of range object members

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Greg Ewing schrieb:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> I worry that dropping the special allocator will be too slow.
> 
> Surely there's some compromise that would allow
> recently-used ints to be kept around, but reclaimed
> if memory becomes low?

Hardly. The efficiency of the special-case allocator also
comes from the fact that it doesn't ever have to release
memory. Just try changing it to see what I mean.

Regards,
Martin