Re: performance critical Python features

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Date	Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:00:17 +1000
Subject	Re: performance critical Python features
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, which are the other pieces of Python that really need the heavy
> optimization and which are those that don't?  Thanks.
>

Things that are executed once (imports, class/func definitions) and
things that primarily wait for user input don't need to be optimized.
Things that get executed millions of times a second MAY need to be
optimized.

ChrisA
(The keyword MAY is to be interpreted as per RFC 2119.)

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Re: performance critical Python features Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-24 04:00 +1000
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