[Python-Dev] cpython (2.7): Fix comment blocks. Adjust blocksize to a power-of-two for better divmod

[Gregory P. Smith]

Raymond -

Why did you do this in the 2.7 branch?

It hasn't been done in 3.3 or default and it isn't not the sort of change
we make in a stable release branch without justification.  What issue was
this for?  What problem were you solving?

-gps



On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 06/17/2013 09:05 PM, Eli Bendersky wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 6:47 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com<mailto:
>> storchaka at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     14.06.13 11:46, Antoine Pitrou написав(ла):
>>
>>         On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:06:49 +0200 (CEST)
>>         raymond.hettinger <python-checkins at python.org <mailto:
>> python-checkins@**python.org <python-checkins at python.org>>> wrote:
>>
>>             http://hg.python.org/cpython/_**_rev/5accb0ac8bfb<http://hg.python.org/cpython/__rev/5accb0ac8bfb><
>> http://hg.python.org/cpython/**rev/5accb0ac8bfb<http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5accb0ac8bfb>
>> >
>>
>>             changeset:   84116:5accb0ac8bfb
>>                 Fix comment blocks.  Adjust blocksize to a power-of-two
>> for better divmod computations.
>>
>>
>>         Is there any rationale for changing the heuristic from "fits in a
>> whole
>>         number of cachelines" to "allows fast division by the blocksize"?
>>
>>         I personally would prefer if such changes were justified a bit
>> more
>>         than by a one-liner changeset message without any corresponding
>> open
>>         issue.
>>
>>
>>     I share the doubts of Antoine and I was going to write the same
>> comment. I thought there were good reasons for
>>     previous code. What has changed?
>>
>>
>> I agree it would be interesting to hear about the reasons for the change.
>> Raymond?
>>
>
> Asking as a learner:  are such non-bugfix changes appropriate for the 2.7
> line?
>
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> ~Ethan~
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