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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:14:57 +1000
Subject: Re: print statements and profiling a function slowed performance
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:55 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:37:41 -0700, CM wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:27:48 PM UTC-4, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>>
>>> 3. use the logging module :)
>>
>> I've just never got around to it, but I guess I should.  Thanks for the
>> nudge.
>
> While using the logging module is recommended for logging, if you expect
> that logging will be faster than print, I expect you will be disappointed.

I would expect it to be faster than print in the case where it ends up
not printing, which means you can make one change to logging level and
very quickly eliminate all the output. I haven't measured, but I would
expect the overhead of the logging module itself to be small compared
to the cost of actual console output.

ChrisA