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:ref:`pymalloc memory allocator <pymalloc>` every time a new pymalloc object
arena is created, and on shutdown.
:ref:`pymalloc memory allocator <pymalloc>` or the
:ref:`mimalloc memory allocator <mimalloc>` (whichever is in use)

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On mimalloc I think it gets printed only at exit, I am not sure that even pymalloc prints it after each arena allocation

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Thanks @lysnikolaou for the PR 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.14.
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GH-145823 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

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