Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3

From	Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject	Re: String performance regression from python 3.2 to 3.3
Date	2013-03-14 20:48 -0400
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On 3/14/2013 7:14 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 3/14/2013 6:48 AM, rusi wrote:
>> On Mar 14, 11:47 am, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> <snipped>
>>> I expect that Python 3.2 will behave comparably to the 2.6 stats, but
>>> I don't have 3.2s handy - can someone confirm please?
>>
>> I have 3.2 but not 3.3. Can run it later today if no one does.
>> But better if someone with both on the same machine do the comparison.
>
> The python devs use the microbenchmarks in
> Tools/stringbench/stringbench.py, which covers all string operations, as
> the basis for improving particular string functions. Overall, Unicode is
> nearly as fast as bytes and 3.3 as fast as 3.2. Find/replace is the
> notable exception in stringbench, so it is an anomaly. Other things are
> faster in 3.3.  In selecting the new implementation, the devs also
> considered space and speed gains that do not show up in microbenchmarks.

Links to the readme and code for stringbench can be found here:
http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/c25bc2587c48/Tools/stringbench


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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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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