[Python-Dev] Startup time (original) (raw)

Martin v. L�wis martin@v.loewis.de
06 May 2003 19:37:46 +0200

Jeff Epler <jepler@unpythonic.net> writes:

Comparing 2.2 and 2.3, there are a lot of files opened in 2.3 that aren't in 2.2.

Very interesting. Could you also try to find out the difference in terms of stat calls?

I'm crossing my fingers that the time to reload(m) is similar to the time to import it in the first place, which gives these maybe-helpful stats:

That is, unfortunately, not the case: reloading a dynamic module is a no-op.

Regards, Martin