[Python-Dev] About dictionary lookup caching

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Raymond Hettinger schrieb:
> If you can find some other design that doesn't depend on the ordering of
> co_names, that would be nice; otherwise, we're adding a permanent
> complication to the compiler and establishing a new invariant that would
> have to be maintained by everyone hoping to generate or hack bytecodes.

It wouldn't be a strict invariant, but instead, breaking it would mean
that the memory consumption goes up somewhat.

Regards,
Martin