On Mon, Apr 7, 2014, at 14:33, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Benjamin Peterson
> <benja...@python.org>wrote:
> 
> > I can understand why creating new array types is good fun, but how is
> > creating a new struct helpful?
> >
> 
> We can start by reviewing the reasons for having separate
> PyNumber/PySequence/PyMappingMethods
> structures.  I believe that one of the reasons is that many types need to
> allocate only one of the three.  Numpy arrays, IIRC, allocate all three. 
> A
> dedicated PyArrayMethods struct can replace some if not all of these
> allocations.

I can't say it seems like a terrible important thing to optimize to me.
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