[Python-Dev] extremely slow exit for program having huge (45G) dict (python 2.5.2) (original) (raw)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Sun Dec 21 01:35:40 CET 2008


Mike Coleman <tutufan gmail.com> writes:

Just to clarify, I didn't gc.disable() to address this problem, but rather because it destroys performance during the creation of the huge dict. I don't have a specific number, but I think disabling gc reduced construction from something like 70 minutes to 5 (or maybe 10). Quite dramatic.

There's a pending patch which should fix that problem: http://bugs.python.org/issue4074

Regards

Antoine.



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