[Python-Dev] optimization required: .format() is much slower than % (original) (raw)

Eric Smith eric+python-dev at trueblade.com
Tue May 27 16:04:01 CEST 2008


Nick Coghlan wrote:

Secondly, the string % operator appears to have an explicit optimisation for the 'just return str(self)' case. This optimisation is missing from the new string format method.

I'll see if I can optimize this case.



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