Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: > Dict is resized. And since __dict__.update() caused the resizing, both are normal (combined) dict.
Ah, my bad, I missed this point. The original issue now disappears. Thanks Naoki. But dict.update (and maybe inserting) can use more economical allocation strategy. ---------- stage: -> needs patch title: Key-sharing dictionaries can inrease the memory consumption -> dict.update allocates too much versions: +Python 3.6, Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28509> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com