RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading (fwd)

2002-01-10 Thread Tim Peters
[Bob Kline] > ... > I have made some progress in my debugging of the problem. In fact it > appears that the problem stems from a wide discrepancy in the amount of > time consumed by a call to fopen() on the two machines. A test repro > written in C with loops to repeatedly attempt to open the fi

RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading (fwd)

2002-01-09 Thread Bob Kline
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Bob Kline wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Tim Peters wrote: > > Are you running a virus scanner on this machine? Some interfere > > enormously with file operations. > > Both machines are running the same virus software, controlled by the > network domain admin. I'll push some m

RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading (fwd)

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Kline
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Tim Peters wrote: > [Bob Kline] > > ... > > I have made some progress in my debugging of the problem. In fact it > > appears that the problem stems from a wide discrepancy in the amount of > > time consumed by a call to fopen() on the two machines. A test repro > > written i

RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Kline
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Andy Robinson wrote: > This could mean that Bob has copied his Python executable to > c:\winnt\system32, to make sure it is always available from a DOS > prompt. I think we recommneded something heinous like this in PPW32 > :-( Somebody actually did that to me with Perl DLLs

RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading (fwd)

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Kline
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Jason Orendorff wrote: > > I tried breaking down the load times for the separate Python modules, to > > see if one of them were doing something differently from the others, but > > the extra load time seems to be spread out fairly evenly between them, > > making it look more l

RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Andy Robinson
> Off topic because you said that that does not affec the loading time but: > I don't know what c:\winnt\system32 should be there. It is not in > my Python > installation so it is not a std Python (or ActivePython) thing. Look in > HLKM/Software/Python/PythonCore/X.X/PythonPath/. Do any of the

Re: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Kline
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Trent Mick wrote: > > There is one odd discrepancy between the (newer) problem machine and the > > development machine for sys.path: on the development machine the second > > element (c:\winnt\system32) is not present. Removing it does not > > eliminate the slow module loadin

Re: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Trent Mick
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:26:04PM -0500, Bob Kline wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Trent Mick wrote: > > > > 2. What other tools or procedures can I use to delve further into > > >this problem to track down its cause myself? > > > > You could look at the Python profiler and compare the profile

RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Kline
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Schollnick, Benjamin wrote: > This is probably a complete red herring > > Use the Find File tool to check for: > > python*.dll > > I would bet you that you have a older DLL on your system... > > I've had a few cases where I've replaced my python installation with > a

Re: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Bob Kline
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Trent Mick wrote: > > 2. What other tools or procedures can I use to delve further into > >this problem to track down its cause myself? > > You could look at the Python profiler and compare the profile for a > run on the two machines. Well, the profiler shows big differen

Re: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Trent Mick
Bob Kline wrote: > So, my three questions are: > > 1. Does this description ring any bells, reminding you of similar >problem reports for which you might have a solution? No, I have not heard of anything similar. > > 2. What other tools or procedures can I use to delve further into >th

RE: Mysterious delay in Python module loading

2002-01-08 Thread Schollnick, Benjamin
This is probably a complete red herring Use the Find File tool to check for: python*.dll I would bet you that you have a older DLL on your system... I've had a few cases where I've replaced my python installation with a newer version, and had a older DLL. - Benjami