bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

Description

@stealth-rklopper

max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
(current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

  • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
    and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
  • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
    high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
    falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
iteration leaves no trace in either.

What the ceilings report

CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

The test cannot fail

test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

What a fix has to work with

CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
level:

PrimitiveAnswers
tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
number, and not the one either ceiling names.

Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

  1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
  2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
  3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

References

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    No labels
    No labels

    Type

    No type

    Projects

    No projects

      Milestone

      No milestone

      Relationships

      None yet

      Development

      No branches or pull requests

      Issue actions

      , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Add copy buttons to all
       blocks\n(function() {\n function addCopyButtons() {\n document.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach(function(codeBlock) {\n if (codeBlock.parentElement.hasAttribute('data-copy-added')) return;\n codeBlock.parentElement.setAttribute('data-copy-added', 'true');\n \n var btn = document.createElement('button');\n btn.textContent = 'Copy';\n btn.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:4px;right:4px;padding:2px 8px;font-size:11px;background:#4ecdc4;border:none;border-radius:4px;color:#1a1a2e;cursor:pointer;opacity:0.7;transition:opacity 0.2s;';\n btn.onmouseover = function() { this.style.opacity = '1'; };\n btn.onmouseout = function() { this.style.opacity = '0.7'; };\n btn.onclick = function() {\n navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeBlock.textContent).then(function() {\n btn.textContent = 'Copied!';\n setTimeout(function() { btn.textContent = 'Copy'; }, 1500);\n });\n };\n codeBlock.parentElement.style.position = 'relative';\n codeBlock.parentElement.appendChild(btn);\n });\n }\n \n addCopyButtons();\n \n // Re-run on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(addCopyButtons);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks");
      }
      } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks]', __e); }
      })();
      (function(){
      try {
      var __m = "github.com";
      var __re = new RegExp('^' + "github\\.com" + '
      
      Skip to content

      bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

      Description

      @stealth-rklopper

      max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
      (current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
      blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
      name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

      • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
        and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
      • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
        high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
        falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

      Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
      iteration leaves no trace in either.

      What the ceilings report

      CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

      BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
      allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
      10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
      1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

      The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
      number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
      because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

      The test cannot fail

      test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
      max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
      nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
      max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
      allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

      What a fix has to work with

      CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
      level:

      PrimitiveAnswers
      tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
      sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
      tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

      Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
      cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
      deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
      number, and not the one either ceiling names.

      Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

      1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
      2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
      3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

      The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
      nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
      currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

      excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

      References

      Metadata

      Metadata

      Assignees

      No one assigned

        Labels

        No labels
        No labels

        Type

        No type

        Projects

        No projects

          Milestone

          No milestone

          Relationships

          None yet

          Development

          No branches or pull requests

          Issue actions

          , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
          Skip to content

          bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

          Description

          @stealth-rklopper

          max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
          (current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
          blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
          name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

          • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
            and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
          • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
            high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
            falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

          Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
          iteration leaves no trace in either.

          What the ceilings report

          CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

          BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
          allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
          10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
          1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

          The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
          number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
          because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

          The test cannot fail

          test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
          max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
          nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
          max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
          allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

          What a fix has to work with

          CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
          level:

          PrimitiveAnswers
          tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
          sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
          tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

          Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
          cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
          deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
          number, and not the one either ceiling names.

          Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

          1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
          2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
          3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

          The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
          nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
          currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

          excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

          References

          Metadata

          Metadata

          Assignees

          No one assigned

            Labels

            No labels
            No labels

            Type

            No type

            Projects

            No projects

              Milestone

              No milestone

              Relationships

              None yet

              Development

              No branches or pull requests

              Issue actions

              , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length > 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
              Skip to content

              bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

              Description

              @stealth-rklopper

              max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
              (current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
              blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
              name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

              • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
                and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
              • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
                high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
                falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

              Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
              iteration leaves no trace in either.

              What the ceilings report

              CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

              BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
              allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
              10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
              1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

              The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
              number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
              because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

              The test cannot fail

              test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
              max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
              nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
              max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
              allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

              What a fix has to work with

              CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
              level:

              PrimitiveAnswers
              tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
              sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
              tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

              Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
              cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
              deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
              number, and not the one either ceiling names.

              Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

              1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
              2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
              3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

              The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
              nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
              currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

              excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

              References

              Metadata

              Metadata

              Assignees

              No one assigned

                Labels

                No labels
                No labels

                Type

                No type

                Projects

                No projects

                  Milestone

                  No milestone

                  Relationships

                  None yet

                  Development

                  No branches or pull requests

                  Issue actions

                  , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "youtube.com"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '
                  Skip to content

                  bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

                  Description

                  @stealth-rklopper

                  max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
                  (current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
                  blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
                  name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

                  • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
                    and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
                  • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
                    high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
                    falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

                  Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
                  iteration leaves no trace in either.

                  What the ceilings report

                  CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

                  BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
                  allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
                  10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
                  1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

                  The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
                  number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
                  because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

                  The test cannot fail

                  test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
                  max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
                  nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
                  max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
                  allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

                  What a fix has to work with

                  CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
                  level:

                  PrimitiveAnswers
                  tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
                  sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
                  tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

                  Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
                  cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
                  deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
                  number, and not the one either ceiling names.

                  Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

                  1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
                  2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
                  3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

                  The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
                  nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
                  currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

                  excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

                  References

                  Metadata

                  Metadata

                  Assignees

                  No one assigned

                    Labels

                    No labels
                    No labels

                    Type

                    No type

                    Projects

                    No projects

                      Milestone

                      No milestone

                      Relationships

                      None yet

                      Development

                      No branches or pull requests

                      Issue actions

                      , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Auto-enable theater mode on YouTube\n(function() {\n function tryTheater() {\n var btn = document.querySelector('button[aria-label=\"Theater mode\"], ytd-player #player button[title=\"Theater mode\"]');\n if (btn && !btn.classList.contains('activated')) {\n btn.click();\n }\n }\n \n // Try immediately\n tryTheater();\n \n // Try after navigation (SPA)\n var lastUrl = location.href;\n setInterval(function() {\n if (location.href !== lastUrl) {\n lastUrl = location.href;\n setTimeout(tryTheater, 500);\n }\n }, 1000);\n \n // Also try on player load\n var observer = new MutationObserver(tryTheater);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "YouTube Theater Mode Default"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:YouTube Theater Mode Default]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
                      Skip to content

                      bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

                      Description

                      @stealth-rklopper

                      max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
                      (current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
                      blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
                      name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

                      • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
                        and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
                      • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
                        high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
                        falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

                      Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
                      iteration leaves no trace in either.

                      What the ceilings report

                      CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

                      BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
                      allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
                      10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
                      1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

                      The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
                      number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
                      because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

                      The test cannot fail

                      test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
                      max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
                      nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
                      max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
                      allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

                      What a fix has to work with

                      CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
                      level:

                      PrimitiveAnswers
                      tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
                      sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
                      tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

                      Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
                      cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
                      deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
                      number, and not the one either ceiling names.

                      Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

                      1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
                      2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
                      3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

                      The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
                      nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
                      currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

                      excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

                      References

                      Metadata

                      Metadata

                      Assignees

                      No one assigned

                        Labels

                        No labels
                        No labels

                        Type

                        No type

                        Projects

                        No projects

                          Milestone

                          No milestone

                          Relationships

                          None yet

                          Development

                          No branches or pull requests

                          Issue actions

                          , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Remove or un-stick sticky/fixed headers that block content\n(function() {\n function unstick() {\n document.querySelectorAll('header, nav, [role=\"banner\"], .header, .navbar, .sticky, .fixed-top, [style*=\"position: fixed\"], [style*=\"position:sticky\"]').forEach(function(el) {\n if (el.style.position === 'fixed' || el.style.position === 'sticky' || \n getComputedStyle(el).position === 'fixed' || getComputedStyle(el).position === 'sticky') {\n el.style.position = 'static';\n el.style.top = 'auto';\n el.style.zIndex = 'auto';\n }\n });\n }\n \n unstick();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(unstick);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['style', 'class'] });\n})();", "Kill Sticky Headers"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Kill Sticky Headers]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
                          Skip to content

                          bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

                          Description

                          @stealth-rklopper

                          max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
                          (current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
                          blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
                          name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

                          • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
                            and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
                          • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
                            high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
                            falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

                          Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
                          iteration leaves no trace in either.

                          What the ceilings report

                          CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

                          BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
                          allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
                          10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
                          1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

                          The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
                          number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
                          because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

                          The test cannot fail

                          test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
                          max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
                          nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
                          max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
                          allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

                          What a fix has to work with

                          CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
                          level:

                          PrimitiveAnswers
                          tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
                          sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
                          tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

                          Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
                          cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
                          deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
                          number, and not the one either ceiling names.

                          Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

                          1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
                          2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
                          3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

                          The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
                          nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
                          currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

                          excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

                          References

                          Metadata

                          Metadata

                          Assignees

                          No one assigned

                            Labels

                            No labels
                            No labels

                            Type

                            No type

                            Projects

                            No projects

                              Milestone

                              No milestone

                              Relationships

                              None yet

                              Development

                              No branches or pull requests

                              Issue actions

                              , 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Universal Dark Mode - works on any site\n(function() {\n var enabled = true;\n \n function applyDarkMode() {\n if (!enabled) return;\n \n // Create style element if it doesn't exist\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (!style) {\n style = document.createElement('style');\n style.id = 'universal-dark-mode-style';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n }\n \n // Dark mode CSS - inverts colors but preserves images/video\n style.textContent = '\n /* Invert everything except media */\n html {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #1a1a2e !important;\n }\n \n /* Restore images, videos, iframes, canvas */\n img, video, iframe, canvas, svg, picture, [style*=\"background-image\"] {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n }\n \n /* Preserve specific elements that should not be inverted */\n .no-dark-mode, .no-dark-mode *,\n [data-theme=\"light\"], [data-theme=\"light\"],\n .ace_editor, .ace_editor *,\n .CodeMirror, .CodeMirror *,\n .monaco-editor, .monaco-editor *,\n .markdown-body pre, .markdown-body pre *,\n .highlight, .highlight *,\n pre code, pre code * {\n filter: none !important;\n }\n \n /* Fix common UI elements */\n .modal, .popup, .dropdown-menu, .tooltip, .popover {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #2d2d44 !important;\n border-color: #444 !important;\n }\n \n /* Scrollbars */\n ::-webkit-scrollbar { background: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: #444 !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: #555 !important; }\n \n /* Selection */\n ::selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-moz-selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ';\n }\n \n function removeDarkMode() {\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (style) style.remove();\n }\n \n // Toggle with Alt+Shift+D\n document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {\n if (e.altKey && e.shiftKey && e.key === 'D') {\n e.preventDefault();\n enabled = !enabled;\n if (enabled) {\n applyDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Enabled');\n } else {\n removeDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Disabled');\n }\n }\n });\n \n // Apply on load\n applyDarkMode();\n \n // Re-apply on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n if (enabled && !document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style')) {\n applyDarkMode();\n }\n });\n observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });\n \n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Loaded - Press Alt+Shift+D to toggle');\n})();", "Universal Dark Mode"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Universal Dark Mode]', __e); } })(); })();
                              Skip to content

                              bench: neither allocation ceiling measures allocations #1

                              Description

                              @stealth-rklopper

                              max_allocs and max_bytes both read tracemalloc.get_traced_memory(), which answers
                              (current: int, peak: int) — two byte figures. bench.py unpacks that pair as
                              blocks, size and stores it as _peak_blocks, _peak_bytes. Neither field holds what its
                              name says, and neither ceiling compares the quantity it claims to.

                              • max_allocs divides the current bytes at the end of the loop by the iteration count
                                and compares the result to an allocation count. Wrong quantity and wrong unit.
                              • max_bytes divides the peak live bytes by the iteration count. A peak is a
                                high-water mark rather than a sum, so the quotient is not bytes per iteration, and it
                                falls as the iteration count rises. Running more iterations loosens the ceiling.

                              Both figures are levels of live memory, so whatever a body allocates and frees inside one
                              iteration leaves no trace in either.

                              What the ceilings report

                              CPython 3.14.7, 100 iterations, both ceilings stated so both numbers get computed:

                              BodyTruth per iterationmax_allocs reportsmax_bytes reports
                              allocates nothing0 allocations, 0 bytes31.9231.92
                              10 × bytearray(4096), freed each iteration10 allocations, ~40960 bytes9.28425.86
                              1 × bytearray(4096), kept1 allocation, 4096 bytes4170.524170.52

                              The third row is the plainest: one allocation reports as 4170 allocations, because the
                              number is bytes. The first row allocates nothing and still reports 31.92 per iteration,
                              because the contract's own _each list grows inside the traced region.

                              The test cannot fail

                              test_an_exceeded_allocation_ceiling_reports drives bytearray(4096) against
                              max_allocs(0) and asserts the run fails. It does fail — and so does a body that allocates
                              nothing, for the reason in the first row. The test would pass unchanged against a
                              max_allocs that measured nothing whatever. No case asserts that a body inside its
                              allocation ceiling passes, which is what would have caught this.

                              What a fix has to work with

                              CPython's standard library has no cumulative allocation counter. Every primitive answers a
                              level:

                              PrimitiveAnswers
                              tracemalloc.get_traced_memory()current and peak traced bytes
                              sys.getallocatedblocks()blocks currently allocated
                              tracemalloc.take_snapshot().statistics()count and size of blocks still live

                              Go reaches these ceilings through runtime.MemStats.Mallocs and TotalAlloc, which are
                              cumulative and never fall. Sampling a level around each iteration and summing the positive
                              deltas is the closest Python gets, and it counts what an iteration retains — a real
                              number, and not the one either ceiling names.

                              Three ways out. Choosing one is the decision this issue wants:

                              1. Measure retention and rename both ceilings to say that is what they hold.
                              2. Keep both names, measure retention, and declare the divergence in the Python overlay.
                              3. Drop both ceilings in Python and declare them absent in the overlay.

                              The standard states no accuracy for these two and the corpus does not reach them, so
                              nothing outside this repository contradicts any of the three today. The Python overlay
                              currently declares nothing about either, so the library claims both and delivers neither.

                              excluding covers time alone for this same reason, which its docstring records.

                              References

                              Metadata

                              Metadata

                              Assignees

                              No one assigned

                                Labels

                                No labels
                                No labels

                                Type

                                No type

                                Projects

                                No projects

                                  Milestone

                                  No milestone

                                  Relationships

                                  None yet

                                  Development

                                  No branches or pull requests

                                  Issue actions