[Python-Dev] More optimisation ideas (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Sat Jan 30 15:32:55 EST 2016

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016, 12:30 Sven R. Kunze <srkunze at mail.de> wrote:

On 30.01.2016 19:20, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > AFAIK the most time is spent in system calls like stat or open. > Archiving the stdlib into the ZIP file and using zipimport can > decrease Python startup time (perhaps there is an open issue about this).

Oh, please don't. One thing I love about Python is the ease of access.

It wouldn't be a requirement, just a nootion

I personally think that startup time is not really a big issue; even when it comes to microbenchmarks.

You might not, but just about every command-line app does.

-brett

Best, Sven

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