Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes: > Seeking backwards in files works, but the performance hit is > significant. There is also a performance hit to scanning pointers > backwards in memory, due to cache misprediction. If it's something > you're just running a few times, seeking backwards the simplest > approach.
Oh yes, I should have mentioned, it may be simpler and perhaps a little bit faster to use mmap rather than seeking. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
