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[Python-Dev] No longer enable Py_TRACE_REFS by default in debug build

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Fri Apr 12 08:48:30 EDT 2019 
Serhiy Storchaka schrieb am 11.04.19 um 17:30:
> If reducing the Python memory footprint is an argument for disabling
> Py_TRACE_REFS, it is a weak argument because there is larger overhead in
> the debug build.

I think what Victor is argueing is rather that we have better ways to debug
memory problems these days, so we might be able to get rid of a relict that
no-one is using (or should be using) anymore and that has its drawbacks
(such as a very different ABI and higher memory load).

I don't really have an opinion here, but I can at least say that I never
found a use case for Py_TRACE_REFS myself and therefore certainly wouldn't
miss it.

Stefan
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