On 2/28/07, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Olsen wrote: > > > How plausible would it be to optimize all exception instantiation? > > Perhaps use slots and a freelist for everything inheriting from > > BaseException and not inheriting from other builtin types? > > I'm not sure a free list would help much for instances > of user define classes, since creating one involves setting > up a dict, etc. And if you use __slots__ you end up with > objects of different sizes, which isn't free-list-friendly.
Not easy, but doable. Perhaps a plan B if nobody comes up with a plan A. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com