[Python-Dev] [RELEASE] Python 3.7.4rc1 and 3.6.9rc1 are now available

2019-06-18 Thread Ned Deily
Python 3.7.4rc1 and 3.6.9rc1 are now available. 3.7.4rc1 is the release preview of the next maintenance release of Python 3.7, the latest feature release of Python. 3.6.9rc1 is the release preview of the first security-fix release of Python 3.6. Assuming no critical problems are found prior to

[Python-Dev] Re: radix tree arena map for obmalloc

2019-06-18 Thread Tim Peters
[Tim] > - For truly effective RAM releasing, we would almost certainly need to > make major changes, to release RAM at an OS page level. 256K arenas > were already too fat a granularity. We can approximate that closely right now by using 4K pools _and_ 4K arenas: one pool per arena, and

[Python-Dev] Re: Who uses libpython38.a on Windows?

2019-06-18 Thread Shahrokh Mortazavi
oops, apologies - pls ignore . Sent from Outlook From: Shahrokh Mortazavi Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 2:16 PM To: Steve Dower; Python Dev Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Who uses libpython38.a on Windows? ok. currently it has develop for

[Python-Dev] Re: Who uses libpython38.a on Windows?

2019-06-18 Thread Shahrokh Mortazavi
ok. currently it has develop for web, ML, scripting, edu. how about another box: "Building apps for Windows using Python"... is that a reality yet? Sent from Outlook From: Steve Dower Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 1:53 PM To: Python

[Python-Dev] Re: why is not 64-bit installer the default download link for Windows?

2019-06-18 Thread Steve Dower
On 18Jun2019 1025, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: Oleg Broytman writes: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:09:59AM -, smartmanoj42...@gmail.com wrote: > > Why don't we check the architecture using js and provide the > > appropriate version? > >Because the downloading computer is not

[Python-Dev] Re: radix tree arena map for obmalloc

2019-06-18 Thread Tim Peters
And one more random clue. The memcrunch.py attached to the earlier-mentioned bug report does benefit a lot from changing to a "use the arena with the smallest address" heuristic, leaving 86.6% of allocated bytes in use by objects at the end (this is with the arena-thrashing fix, and the current

[Python-Dev] Re: radix tree arena map for obmalloc

2019-06-18 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 13:44:29 -0500 Tim Peters wrote: > > To illustrate, I reverted that change in my PR and ran exactly same > thing. Wow - _then_ the 1M-arena-16K-pool PR reclaimed 1135(!) arenas > instead of none. Almost all worse than uselessly. The only one that > "paid" was the last:

[Python-Dev] Re: why is not 64-bit installer the default download link for Windows?

2019-06-18 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Oleg Broytman writes: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:09:59AM -, smartmanoj42...@gmail.com wrote: > > Why don't we check the architecture using js and provide the > > appropriate version? > >Because the downloading computer is not necessary the installation > target. Sure, but (a)

[Python-Dev] Re: python3 -bb and hash collisions

2019-06-18 Thread Christian Heimes
On 18/06/2019 18.32, Daniel Holth wrote: > set([u"foo", b"foo]) will error because the two kinds of string have the > same hash, and this causes a comparison. Is that correct? Yes, it will fail with -bb, because it turns comparison between str and bytes into an error. This can also happen with

[Python-Dev] Re: why is not 64-bit installer the default download link for Windows?

2019-06-18 Thread Oleg Broytman
On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:09:59AM -, smartmanoj42...@gmail.com wrote: > Why don't we check the architecture using js and provide the appropriate > version? Because the downloading computer is not necessary the installation target. Oleg. -- Oleg Broytman

[Python-Dev] python3 -bb and hash collisions

2019-06-18 Thread Daniel Holth
set([u"foo", b"foo]) will error because the two kinds of string have the same hash, and this causes a comparison. Is that correct? ___ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org

[Python-Dev] Re: why is not 64-bit installer the default download link for Windows?

2019-06-18 Thread Steve Dower
On 18Jun2019 0309, smartmanoj42...@gmail.com wrote: why is not 64-bit installer the default download link for Windows? Because there are still 32-bit operating systems out there, and the 32-bit version of Python will work just fine on both 32 and 64-bit Windows (and will use less memory than

[Python-Dev] Re: why is not 64-bit installer the default download link for Windows?

2019-06-18 Thread smartmanoj42857
Why don't we check the architecture using js and provide the appropriate version? ___ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org