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Author	loewis
Recipients	exe, georg.brandl, loewis
Date	2009-01-02.16:34:08
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Message-id	<1230914049.16.0.645708801602.issue4800@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I think the documentation is correct as it stands; the question is what a "distinct memory location" is. Wrt. reference count, this surely refers to pointers; each pointer is at least 4 bytes, and pointers are four-aligned. So for N bits address space, there can be at most 2**(N-2) pointers.

I think the documentation is correct as it stands; the question is what
a "distinct memory location" is. Wrt. reference count, this surely
refers to pointers; each pointer is at least 4 bytes, and pointers are
four-aligned. So for N bits address space, there can be at most 2**(N-2)
pointers.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-01-02 16:34:09	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, georg.brandl, exe
2009-01-02 16:34:09	loewis	set	messageid: <1230914049.16.0.645708801602.issue4800@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2009-01-02 16:34:08	loewis	link	issue4800 messages
2009-01-02 16:34:08	loewis	create