[Python-Dev] str.count is slow (original) (raw)

Armin Rigo arigo at tunes.org
Sun Mar 12 16:26:13 CET 2006


Hi Ben,

On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 06:50:28PM -0500, Ben Cartwright wrote:

> It seems to me that str.count is awfully slow. Is there some reason > for this?

stringobject.c could do with a good clean-up. It contains very similar algorithms multiple times, in slightly different styles and with different performance characteristics.

If I find some motivation I'll try to come up with a patch.

A bientot,

Armin



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