On Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 5:53 PM Mark Shannon <m...@hotpy.org> wrote: > > > On 04/12/2019 2:31 am, Gregory P. Smith wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 8:21 AM Mark Shannon <m...@hotpy.org > > <mailto:m...@hotpy.org>> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I am proposing a new PEP, still in draft form, to impose a limit of > one > > million on various aspects of Python programs, such as the lines of > > code > > per module. > > > > Any thoughts or feedback? > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > Overall I /like/ the idea of limits... /But.../ in my experience, limits > > like this tend to impact generated source code or generated bytecode, > > and thus any program that transitively uses those. > > > > Hard limits within the Javaish world have been *a major pain* on the > > Android platform for example. I wouldn't call workarounds > > straightforward when it comes to total number of classes or methods in a > > process. > > Do you have any numbers? 1M is a lot bigger then 64K, but real world > numbers would be helpful. >
I guess the relevant case in question is with Facebook patching the limit of 65,000 classes in Android : https://m.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/under-the-hood-dalvik-patch-for-facebook-for-android/10151345597798920 > > > If we're to adopt limits where there were previously none, we need to do > > it via a multi-release deprecation cycle feedback loop to give people a > > way to find report use cases that exceed the limits in real world > > practical applications. So the limits can be reconsidered or the > > recommended workarounds tested and agreed upon. > > > > -gps > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/ECKES7IPWGD74DAKFYV7JEWNOBAFEWYF/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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