On Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:56:10 -0700 Eric Snow <ericsnowcurren...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:06 AM Larry Hastings <la...@hastings.org> wrote: > > I experimented with this at the EuroPython sprints in Berlin years ago. I > > was sitting next to MvL, who had an interesting observation about it. > > Classic MvL! :) > > > He suggested(*) all the constants unmarshalled as part of loading a module > > should be "immortal", and if we could rejigger how we allocated them to > > store them in their own memory pages, that would dovetail nicely with COW > > semantics, cutting down on the memory use of preforked server processes. > > Cool idea. I may mention it in the PEP as a possibility. Thanks!
That is not so cool if for some reason an application routinely loads and unloads modules. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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/4M4J3656UXOQ7X6YFGCHUAQHMNBUEV4O/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
