STINNER Victor <vstin...@python.org> added the comment:
> it can prepare CPython to experiment tagged pointers In September 2018, Neil Schemenauer did an experiment: * https://mail.python.org/archives/list/capi-...@python.org/thread/EGAY55ZWMF2WSEMP7VAZSFZCZ4VARU7L/ * https://github.com/nascheme/cpython/commits/tagged_int More recent discussion on the capi-sig list: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/capi-...@python.org/thread/JPUNPN3AILGXOA3C2TTSLMOFNSWJE3QX/ See also my notes: https://pythoncapi.readthedocs.io/optimization_ideas.html#tagged-pointers-doable Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_pointer ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue39573> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com