Ivan Porres wrote: > > Dear all, > > I've been reading this list for a while but this is the first time I > post a message. I am interested on using Python as a scripting > language for small embedded systems. One of the limiting factors on a > embedded system is the memory. Memory cost money, uses space and > drains power. > > We have released a big patch to selectively disable some features of a > Python interpreter at compile time. With the patch, it is possible to > disable, i.e., complex numbers or file objects, in order to reduce > the memory foot print of the Python interpreter. The patch is > available at http://www.abo.fi/~iporres/python > > Now, I am interested on studying and reducing the memory consumption of > Python programs. That is all the memory allocated by the interpreter > in order to run a python program. I would like to know if somebody > else has been working on the same direction. Is there any document > explaining how Python uses the memory? I would be nice to know which > structures are most used, their size, how often are accessed, > etc... You should have a look at Vladimir Marangozov's pymalloc (hope this URL still works): http://sirac.inrialpes.fr/~marangoz/python/ It has some logging facilities which give detailed reports about the storage sizes etc. > I have the impression that most people is concerned about optimising > Python for speed, but I still think that some Python users will > also benefit from size optimisations. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 109 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/
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