Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3

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Date	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:21:00 +1100
Subject	Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
>On 3/13/2013 7:43 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> It's complexity cost, though, and people would need to know when it
>> would be worth giving Python that switch to change its string format.
>> Plus, every C extension would need to cope with both formats. I
>> personally doubt it'd be worth it, but if you want to knock together a
>> patched CPython and get some timing stats, I'm sure this list or
>> python-dev will be happy to discuss the matter. :)
>
>
> I presume the smiley indicates that you know that python developers are too
> busy with real problems to have any interest in bogus solutions to bogus
> problems.

It indicates more that the list(s) would almost certainly open up with
quite a bit of discussion - especially this one. It's not hard to get
talk happening, as evidenced by the number of times we've already
discussed this very topic. Frankly, I doubt there'll be anything to
discuss - that the patched version will be consistently worse; but if
I've learned one thing about timings, it's that there are surprises
*everywhere*, so I'm not prepared to state categorically that it
*cannot* be better. (I will, however, state that I do not expect any
such improvement to be worth the trouble of writing it.)

ChrisA

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A reply for rusi (FSR) jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2013-03-13 02:36 -0700
  Re: A reply for rusi (FSR) rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-13 03:07 -0700
    String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-13 03:11 -0700
      Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-13 21:59 +1100
        Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-13 09:49 -0700
          Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-14 10:43 +1100
          Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-03-14 00:52 +0000
          Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-14 11:55 +1100
          Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-03-14 02:01 +0000
            Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-14 04:05 +0000
              Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-14 17:47 +1100
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-14 03:48 -0700
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-03-14 19:14 -0400
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-03-14 20:48 -0400
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-15 10:07 -0700
                RE: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Andriy Kornatskyy <andriy.kornatskyy@live.com> - 2013-03-15 21:04 +0300
          Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-03-13 22:35 -0400
          Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-14 17:21 +1100
        Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-13 18:42 +0100
          Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-14 11:19 +1100
            Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-16 03:44 +0100
              Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-03-16 03:56 +0000
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-15 21:26 -0700
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-16 08:47 +0000
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@iinet.net.au> - 2013-03-17 09:00 +1100
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-16 18:10 -0400
              Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 14:59 +1100
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-03-16 05:12 +0100
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 15:20 +1100
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-15 22:21 -0700
              Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 15:09 +1100
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-15 21:35 -0700
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-03-16 04:56 +0000
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-03-16 01:05 -0400
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-16 05:38 +0000
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-16 05:25 +0000
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-16 09:29 -0400
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 09:39 -0700
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-03-16 14:00 -0400
                Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3 jmfauth <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> - 2013-03-16 13:42 -0700
  Re: A reply for rusi (FSR) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-13 21:32 +1100

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