Martin v. Löwis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: >> Instead, Python's own memory allocate (obmalloc) should be changed to >> directly use the virtual memory interfaces of the operating system (i.e. >> mmap), bypassing the malloc of the C library. > > How would that interact with fork()?
Nicely, why do you ask? Any anonymous mapping will be copied (typically COW) to the child process, in fact, malloc itself uses anonymous mapping (at least on Linux). _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3526> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
