Re:One million lines of code ought to be enough for anybody
by ModernMech on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:36PM
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> But what proportion of the Python interpreter's memory is consumed storing line numbers?
I don't think the packing part was talking just about line numbers. They propose a number of things that would be limited to 1e6 elements. The question about performance is a good one and needs to be studied. This proposal is arguing from a different perspective though, one that focuses on reducing ambiguity rather than optimizing for performance. Python as a language is an exercise in sacrificing performance for other objectives, so I think that's fine for a language like this to consider this question even if it means performance could be impacted negatively.
I don't think the packing part was talking just about line numbers. They propose a number of things that would be limited to 1e6 elements. The question about performance is a good one and needs to be studied. This proposal is arguing from a different perspective though, one that focuses on reducing ambiguity rather than optimizing for performance. Python as a language is an exercise in sacrificing performance for other objectives, so I think that's fine for a language like this to consider this question even if it means performance could be impacted negatively.