[pypy-commit] cffi default: Another note about performance, this time in whatsnew.rst
arigo
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Sat Aug 12 09:30:50 EDT 2017
Author: Armin Rigo <arigo at tunes.org>
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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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