[Numpy-discussion] Performance problems with strided arrays in NumPy

[Sasha]

On 4/18/06, Travis Oliphant <oliphant at ee.byu.edu> wrote:
> [...]
> Apparently,  it is *much* faster to do
>
> ((double *)dst)[0] = ((double *)src)[0]
>
> when you have aligned data than it is to do
>
> memmove(dst, src, sizeof(double))
>
> This is a useful piece of knowledge to have for optimization.

This is not surprising because memmove has to assume arbitrary
alignment and possibility of overlap between src and dst areas.