"Greg Ewing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] || Yeah, there's no substitute for having at least a | rough idea of how the object you're using is implemented, | e.g. array vs. linked list.
As I understand it, the new 2.6 docs include a new one on CPython specifically. A page there might be appropriate. But someone has to write and submit a patch for review. | This kind of very basic information is something that | I think ought to be documented, and some guarantees | made in the language definition. For example, I think | a Python implementation that implemented lists as | linked lists would make many people unhappy, as their | algorithms suddenly went from O(n**m) to O(n**(m+1)) | without anyone telling them. Such an implementation should document such a design decision, but I don't see that an interpreter that runs the test suite should be prohibited from calling itself a 'Python interpreter' tjr _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
