On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Brett Cannon <bcan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu Apr 17 2014 at 3:21:49 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> > wrote: > >> I'm sorry to keep asking dumb questions, but your description didn't job >> my understanding of what you are comparing here. What is slower than what? >> > > Startup where the stdlib is entirely in a zip file is slower than the > status quo of reading from files. > That deserves more research. I'm not sure I believe we understand exactly what goes on in each case -- perhaps our zip reading code isn't as efficient as it could be? It would also be interesting to compare different platforms. > IOW it looks like speeding up startup from an import perspective requires > either freezing modules -- for about a 10% boost -- or some fundamental > change in import that no one has thought of yet. > And it's probably premature. (Unless you already have a prototype and it shows a solid speedup.) -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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