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Re:Python consumes a lot of memory – how to reduce the size ... by mswtk on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @02:11PM (#20404669)
Slightly pedantic correction: This is a performance optimization in CPython. I wouldn't be surprised if other implementations have something similar, but to my best knowledge, this behaviour isn't part of the standard.
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Re:Python consumes a lot of memory – how to reduce the size ... by merlincorey on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @05:37PM (#20406841)
> ... but to my best knowledge, this behaviour isn't part of the standard.

To the best of my knowledge, Python isn't one such language with a standard, is it?

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Re:Python consumes a lot of memory – how to reduce the size ... by ben509 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @11:03PM (#20408783)
The standard is documented in PEPs[1]. CPython is the flagship implementation, and many PEPs discuss it directly, but if you're looking to write another Python, that's where you'd go.

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/

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