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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2016-09-12 12:43:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com> | 2016-09-12 12:43:14 (GMT) |
| commit | 6287177169c10d7063836fafd2f4aaf9f69421fa (patch) | |
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Issue #27350: Document compact dict memory usage
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index dee400e..eb57f15 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are: * :func:`dict` now uses a "compact" representation `pioneered by PyPy <https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2015/01/faster-more-memory-efficient-and-more.html>`_. + The memory usage of the new :func:`dict` is between 20% and 25% smaller + compared to Python 3.5. :pep:`468` (Preserving the order of ``**kwargs`` in a function.) is implemented by this. The order-preserving aspect of this new implementation is considered an implementation detail and should |