On 7 Jul, 21:47, "Martin v. Loewis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote:
> That would partially defeat the purpose, namely it would require the > compiler to put the size into a variable in memory, and possibly prevent > optimizations from taking place that rely on constant propagation > (depending on how smart the compiler is). Also after reading carefully what Linus said, it would still be incorrect if n is a complex expression. So, an inline function is the "correct" one here. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list