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Mon Apr 9 12:51:54 CEST 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-April/118620.html

Andrew Svetlov wrote:
> Do you want to create `frame` and `f_namespaces` every function call
> instead of single `frame` creation?

f_namespaces would be part of the frame, replacing f_builtins, f_globals
and f_locals. The indirection of an external object hurts performance,
so it would have to be a struct within the frame. The aim is clarity;
locals, globals and builtins form a trio, so should be implemented as such.

> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Mark Shannon <mark at hotpy.org> wrote:
>> The frame object is a key object in CPython. It holds the state
>> of a function invocation. Frame objects are allocated, initialised
>> and deallocated at a rapid rate.
>> Each extra field in the frame object requires extra work for each
>> and every function invocation. Fewer fields in the frame object
>> means less overhead for function calls, and cleaner simpler code.
>>
>> We have recently removed the f_yieldfrom field from the frame object.
>> (http://bugs.python.org/issue14230)
>>
>> The f_exc_type, f->f_exc_value, f->f_exc_traceback fields which handle
>> sys.exc_info() in generators could be moved to the generator object.
>> (http://bugs.python.org/issue13897)
>>
>> The f_tstate field is redundant and, it would seem, dangerous
>> (http://bugs.python.org/issue14432)
>>
>> The f_builtins, f_globals, f_locals fields could be combined into a
>> single f_namespaces struct.
>> (http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-dev/113381/)
>>
>> Now PEP 419 proposes adding (yet) another field to the frame object.
>> Please don't.
>>
>> Clean, concise data structures lead to clean, concise code.
>> which we all know is a "good thing" :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark.
>>
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