Robert Schuppenies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: > Can't you write this as a simple Python function using > type.__basicsize__ and type.__itemsize__?
Yes, it would be possible and has been done, e.g. http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/546530. The problem is though, that it requires handling of all special cases externally. Any changes need to be addressed separately and unknown type definitions cannot be addressed at all. Also I figured the programmer implementing a type would know best about its size. Another point is different architectures which result in different object sizes. > In any case, if this is added somewhere it should not be a builtin. What place would you consider to be appropriate? __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2898> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
