What's the difference between python3.<x> and python3.<x>m
PythonPython 3.xPython 3.6Python Problem Overview
- What does the
m
stand for inpython3.6m
? - How does it differ to non
m
version? - In which case would I prefer to use
python3.6m
rather thanpython3.6
?
Python Solutions
Solution 1 - Python
> What does the m
stand for in python3.6m
?
It signifies that Python was configured --with-pymalloc
which enables a specialized implementation for allocating memory that's faster than the system malloc
.
> How does it differ to non m
version?
The non m
version is, obviously, not configured with it.
> In which case would I prefer to use python3.6m
rather than python3.6
?
Probably most usefull when writing C
extensions, in general it shouldn't be something you should worry about.