Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.016 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'inherited': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'language.': 0.14; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'code.': 0.18; 'all,': 0.19; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'url:moin': 0.24; '---': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'wondering': 0.29; 'code': 0.31; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'problem': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'done': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'application': 0.37; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'profile': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; 'protection': 0.63; 'such': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'taking': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'techniques': 0.66; 'here': 0.66; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'longest': 0.84; 'rita': 0.84; 'subject:base': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: inheriting a large python code base Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:10:20 +0000 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-146-14-108.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140215-0, 15/02/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1392487839 news.xs4all.nl 2970 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54492 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:66466 On 15/02/2014 17:10, Rita wrote: > hi all, > > i just inherited a large python code base and I would like to optimize > the code (run faster). The application is a scientific application so I > really don't understand the internal logic. > > Here is what I have done so far, profile (cProfile) and was able to see > where the code was taking the longest time. > > I was wondering if anyone else experienced something like this and how > they overcame a problem such a this…what techniques have you used to > "optimize" the code. > https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com