then the embedded argument consumes at least 256 bytes. The difference
between a 3-byte prefix (LONG2 + 2 bytes) and a 5-byte prefix (LONG4 +
4 bytes) is at worst less than 1%. Note that binary strings and binary
Unicode strings also have only "size is 1 byte, or size is 4 bytes?"
flavors, and I expect for the same reason. The only place a 2-byte
thingie was used was in BININT2, where the 2 bytes make up the *entire*
embedded argument (and now EXT2 also does this); that's a large savings
over 4 bytes, because the total opcode+argument size is so small in
the BININT2/EXT2 case.
Removed the TAKEN_FROM_ARGUMENT "number of bytes" code, and bifurcated it
into TAKEN_FROM_ARGUMENT1 and TAKEN_FROM_ARGUMENT4. Now there's enough
info in ArgumentDescriptor objects to deduce the # of bytes consumed by
each opcode.
Rearranged the order in which proto2 opcodes are listed in pickle.py.
component strings by a blank instead of a period. Guido pointed
out that the component strings (at least the first one) can be
dotted already. find_class() is overridable too, so only God knows
all the possibilities that make sense to someone.
Tim Peters
Guido van Rossum