> > Wow - I didn't reflect on that but it immediately dawns on me. Good > > point! And good reference, thanks. > > That is a good point. However I am not sure how relevant this is in > current python versions. The article is from 2004. Have anybody done > tests with current versions of python. In my opinion they have > greatly improved the general string performance in recent versions.
I hacked a very rough test in IDLE in Python 2.4 and got a significant (x 8) difference when constructing a long string. But it appears that it's fixed in Python 2.5 (we can't use that locally because of a dependency on an old library) - see http://gumuz.looze.net/wordpress/index.php/archives/2004/12/06/python-optimization/ So no need to move to arrays! I guess profile is still your friend - only fix the problems shown by profiling, not what you think are the problems. Hugh ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ qooxdoo-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qooxdoo-devel
