From b298a300dd8c93da79dfd1d9bf1123b1af6641de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 13:21:31 +0000
Subject: Reduce memory requirements.

---
 Lib/test/sortperf.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/test/sortperf.py b/Lib/test/sortperf.py
index d924c71..8355f7a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/sortperf.py
+++ b/Lib/test/sortperf.py
@@ -90,8 +90,11 @@ def tabulate(r):
         doit(L) # \sort
         doit(L) # /sort
         if n > 4:
-            L = map(operator.neg, map(operator.neg, L[:4]*(n/4)))
+            del L[4:]
+            L = L*(n/4)
+            L = map(lambda x: --x, L)
         doit(L) # ~sort
+        del L
         L = map(abs, [-0.5]*n)
         doit(L) # -sort
         print
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