[Python-Dev] Strategy for converting the decimal module to C

[Greg Ewing]

Nick Maclaren wrote:

> When such arithmetic is implemented in hardware, it is normal for
> exceptional cases to be handled by interrupt, and that is VERY
> expensive ...  It then becomes important to know how
> many of the things you got, to know whether it is worth putting
> code in to avoid them or even using a different algorithm.

But couldn't you just put in an interrupt handler that
counts the interrupts, for the purpose of measurement?

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Greg