[Python-Dev] new bytecode results (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:58:23 -0500 

Neil> Damien Morton wrote:
>> I tried adding a variety of new instructions to the PVM, initially
>> with a code compression goal for the bytecodes, and later with a
>> performance goal.

Neil> Hi Damiem,

Neil> It's good to see your enthusiasm for optimization.  However, I
Neil> can't help but think your efforts could be better directed.  Have
Neil> you looked at the CALL_ATTR work that was done at PyCon?  There
Neil> was also some work done on optimizing descriptors.

I think that message got stuck on mail.python.org on Feb 27 and was just released from purgatory today. Maybe it was the size?

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