[Python-Dev] Python memory model (low level)

[Nick Maclaren]

Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com> wrote:
> 
> Without answering your specific questions, keep in mind that Python and
> Python-C code are very different things.  The current Decimal
> implementation was designed to be *readable* and efficient *Python* code.
> For a look at what the Python-C implementation of Decimal might look
> closer to, take a look at the Python long implementation.

Er, perhaps I should have said explicitly that I was looking at the
Decimal-in-C code and not the Python.  Most of my questions don't
make any sense at the Python level.

But you have a good point.  The long code will be both simpler and
have had a LOT more work done on it - but it will address only the
object of variable size issue, as it doesn't need class-level data
in the same way as Decimal and I do.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QH, England.
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