>> Good idea. However, how do you track per-dict how large the table is? > > Why would you want to? > > The per-instance array needs to be at least as large as the highest > index used by any key for which it has a value; if the keys table gets > far larger (or even shrinks), that doesn't really matter to the > instance. What does matter to the instance is getting a value of its > own for a new (to it) key -- and then the keys table can tell it which > index to use, which in turn tells it whether or not it needs to grow > the array.
To determine whether it needs to grow the array, it needs to find out how large the array is, no? So: how do you do that? Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
