Tim Peters wrote:
In that case, it's because Python _does_ mutate the objects' refcount members under the covers, and so the OS ends up making fresh copies of the memory anyway.
Has anyone ever considered addressing that by moving the refcounts out of the objects and keeping them somewhere else? -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com