> With my "downstream distributor of Python" hat on, I'm wondering if it > would be feasible to replace the current precompiled .pyc/.pyo files in > marshal format with .so/.dll files in platform-specific shared-library > format, so that the pre-compiled versions of the stdlib could be > memory-mapped and shared between all Python processes on a system.
I don't think replacing the byte code will be feasible, at least not without breaking compatibility (else f.func_code.co_code would stop working). I also think you are overestimating the potential for sharing: much of what lives in pyc files are actual Python objects, which need to be reference-counted; doing this in a shared fashion is not feasible. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
