Add a reference to dictnotes.txt. It does no good if you don't know it's

there or where to find it.

diff --git a/Include/dictobject.h b/Include/dictobject.h
index d3a0fc5b388b2ce06f943ba47a105c1eed1caa25..c8ae912733f7b45f9e7f93f610b018c60b9cfaab 100644 (file)
--- a/Include/dictobject.h
+++ b/Include/dictobject.h
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* Dictionary object type -- mapping from hashable object to object */
 
+/* The distribution includes a separate file, Objects/dictnotes.txt,
+   describing explorations into dictionary design and optimization.  
+   It covers typical dictionary use patterns, the parameters for
+   tuning dictionaries, and several ideas for possible optimizations.
+*/
+
 /*
 There are three kinds of slots in the table:
 

diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 6c862352c7c32667616518470a3fe1352cfbd4c7..f0e93f8c9a7a6d3a19637e4bd21278e66822bb94 100644 (file)
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 
 /* Dictionary object implementation using a hash table */
 
+/* The distribution includes a separate file, Objects/dictnotes.txt,
+   describing explorations into dictionary design and optimization.  
+   It covers typical dictionary use patterns, the parameters for
+   tuning dictionaries, and several ideas for possible optimizations.
+*/
+
 #include "Python.h"
 
 typedef PyDictEntry dictentry;