an intern-like memory saver

[Vladimir Marangozov]

sjmachin at lexicon.net wrote:
> 
> I was happy enough with the idea of having an instrumented malloc in my
> own Python (when I get around to compiling it with gcc), but was
> wondering about the possibility of having an instrumented malloc as
> part of the *standard* Python distribution.

Heads up! It's on the way -- Python 1.6 is expected to be user-malloc
friendly, so you'll be able to link your executable with the malloc of
your choice. Actually, this is painful and you have few chances to do
it right if you're not a Python guru.

No default replacement of libc malloc is envisioned for the distribution,
though. At least not yet.

encouraging'ly y'rs
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       Vladimir MARANGOZOV          | Vladimir.Marangozov at inrialpes.fr
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