Issue 18645: Add a configure option for performance guided optimization (original) (raw)

Issue18645

Created on 2013-08-03 20:41 by rhettinger, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin.

Messages (3)
msg194295 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-08-03 20:41
We can make it easier for users make custom, high-performance builds tailored to their actual use cases. Here's an example of how Firefox does it: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Building_with_Profile-Guided_Optimization
msg224604 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-08-03 01:33
Martin is this reasonable, doable, and worthwhile?
msg224607 - (view) Author: Stefan Behnel (scoder) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-08-03 05:17
Looks like a duplicate of issue 17781. Ubuntu already does this for their builds and gets substantially better performance, so I can't see a reason why CPython shouldn't just follow.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:48 admin set github: 62845
2014-08-03 05:17:32 scoder set nosy: + scodermessages: +
2014-08-03 01:33:56 rhettinger set assignee: loewismessages: + nosy: + loewis
2014-08-03 00:17:23 BreamoreBoy set type: behavior -> enhancementversions: + Python 3.5, - Python 3.4
2013-08-03 20:41:43 rhettinger create