Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH: Fast globals/builtins lookups for 2.6

2007-12-27 Thread Daniel Stutzbach
On Dec 27, 2007 4:22 AM, Armin Rigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How much time does it take if the loop is in a C extension module, e.g. > like the following? > > while (1) { PyDict_SetItem(d, k, v); PyDict_DelItem(d, k); } > > How much time would it take the same loop to overflow even the 64-b

Re: [Python-Dev] PATCH: Fast globals/builtins lookups for 2.6

2007-12-27 Thread Armin Rigo
Hi Neil, On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:14:04AM -0700, Neil Toronto wrote: > >> whether 64 bits is necessary. It takes an hour of concerted effort - > >> nothing but "module.d = 1; del module.d" for an hour straight - to > >> overflow a 32-bit version number. Is anybody going to actually get close