This message is a follow up to a thread I started on python-dev back in
October, archived here:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-October/049480.html
Basically, the problem I am trying to solve is that the Python memory
allocator never frees memory back to the operating system. I
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fix distu
Neal Norwitz wrote:
> The patch adds a new method type (flags) METH_ARGS that is used in
> PyMethodDef. METH_ARGS means the min and max # of arguments are
> specified in the PyMethodDef by adding 2 new fields.
> * the defn of the MethodDef (# args) is separate from the function defn
> * potential
I added a patch to SF: http://python.org/sf/1107887
I would like feedback on whether the approach is desirable.
The patch adds a new method type (flags) METH_ARGS that is used in
PyMethodDef. METH_ARGS means the min and max # of arguments are
specified in the PyMethodDef by adding 2 new fields.
Walter Dörwald wrote:
M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> [...]
__str__ and __unicode__ as well as the other hooks were
specifically added for the type constructors to use.
However, these were added at a time where sub-classing
of types was not possible, so it's time now to reconsider
whether this functionalit
