[pypy-commit] cffi default: Another note about performance, this time in whatsnew.rst

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Sat Aug 12 09:30:50 EDT 2017


Author: Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org>
Branch: 
Changeset: r3002:8a874e1b7a32
Date: 2017-08-12 15:30 +0200
http://bitbucket.org/cffi/cffi/changeset/8a874e1b7a32/

Log:	Another note about performance, this time in whatsnew.rst

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew.rst b/doc/source/whatsnew.rst
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew.rst
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
   In the future, this might have an effect on CPython too (provided
   the CPython `issue 31105`__ is addressed).
 
+* Add a note to the documentation: the ABI mode gives function objects
+  that are *slower* to call than the API mode does.  For some reason it
+  is often thought to be faster.  It is not!
+
 .. __: https://bitbucket.org/cffi/cffi/issues/321/cffi-191-segmentation-fault-during-self
 .. __: ref.html#ffi-gc
 .. __: https://bitbucket.org/cffi/cffi/issues/320/improve-memory_pressure-management


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