[Sent this to zope-dev, but realised it was off-topic there (no responses :-)] Hi, Well, the subject says it all. Why was it needed at all? I still compile my python --without-pymalloc from the pre-python-2.1.3 days when zope suffered from bugs in python. Thanks, /dario - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Lopez-Kästen, IT Systems & Services Chalmers University of Tech.